game is on

Glad I didn't stay up last night! I'd still be here. I think this has turned into almost the best series so far- lots of action, lots of hits, some chippy play.

you did not miss much late lastnight



NYR gets the first pp

NYR get the 2nd pp of the game



Medicine Hat/Vancouver Giants start the WHL finals tonight
last time they met ,there was two toe to toe no holding on tilts in the first 10 seconds of the game.

Zip on the PP again.

nyr are now 0-2 for pp's

may come back and bite them in the ass tonight

I have Joe B. announcing on Versus, again. Last time I had a chance to chat with him, he said he'd be doing through the Conference Finals, but "then it gets political". Too bad- he's one of the more lucid guys in the booth.

I am stuck with pierre maguire !



zubby took the puck with zubruian elan and drew a call.
buff on the pp

zubrus makes it on the scoresheet
takes a pen
buff on the pp

nyr are now 0-3 on pp's

not good

Roenick isn't impressed by Jagr so far tonight.

darren pang not impressed by the afinogenov

great, another new rule suggestion
goals should count if the puck just breaks the plane(ala football)of the goal line .

2nd is on
nyr gets a 2 on 1 and miss the net
both of these teams need to practice their shooting !

pp for nyr
they need to score on these pp's !

Killed again. This time I don't think they got a SOG.

PP # 5.

maguire says something I agree with

"the rangers are playing with fire by not scoring on these pp's"

pp no 5 for nyr

Rags are putting the body to them, but every time they get a real chance, Miller is there.

0 for 5

once the even up calls start,the rangers will pay for not scoring on the pp

sogs so far in the 2nd
7-3 buff

Buff turn to get a man addy

is it too early to predict a 2-1 OT game ?

buff going back on the pp

why straka did not shoot the puck there when shanny was driving at the net is beyond me

nyr kills the pp

Jagr gets a late pen for punching zubrus( i thought they both deserved pens or not give one to either)

0-0 after 2

3rd is on
buff starts it on the pp

buff takes a pen
4 on 4 hockey

Sabres haven't done much with their chances, either. 2-1 OT might be a tad generous. How about 1-0 OT?

Still, I think it's been a good physical game both ways. That play at the end of the 2nd, where Avery broke his stick but still checked Hecht on his way to the bench was priceless; Zubrus has continued to do the job on Jagr all game, even drawing that penalty that started the 3rd on the PP for the Sabres. Both goalies have been stellar when they had to be.

Good game, they just can't score.

1-0 OT sounds right


buff have outshot nyr 23-8 since the end of the first

just noticed something about these two teams........where are the playoff beards ?

iffy on that call

I woulda called it a goal if I was the ref

Weak call, but it was a bump.

that should be counted

1-0 NYR(if it counts)

It counts. Wasn't it you picking on Straka earlier? Now your 2-1 OT is looking possible.

it counts
Straka
1-0 NYR

seems that whenever I pick on someone...they score

jagr on the ice in the last minute
and he was qyite effective

16 tics to go

And now your 2-1 OT is right on the money.

Drury again- the guy is golden.

nyr needed to kill those 16 tics
they had the series in their hands

Meanwhile, the Bears came back from a deficit and tied WBS at the end of regulation, 3-3. Game 2 goes to OT in a moment.

what's with all these OT's ?

0-0 van giants/med hat
early in the first

let the players play !

nyr get an early OT pp

my predicts for scoring
shanny/ nylander

drury/mair

For all their PP futility tonight, the Rangers are tops in the NHL playoffs at conversion at 23% (Versus stat).

Buff wins on a pp goal
this series is going 7


wasn't happy with either call in OT
let the players play !

That didn't take long.

See you tomorrow.

have a good night