1 NY Rangers vs 8 Ottawa Senators

[Corn Flake]

Move over, Spartan  There's a new terrible Sens mascot in town:

http://yfrog.com/obsrygnj

That guy is awesome!

I'm embarrassed for you.

It's not me in the suit - be embarrassed for him! Where do you even begin to look for a suit like that

Hold a paper mache class hostage and force them to make you one?

 

[Erndog]

Ernie - what did you do with your towel?

Funny that you mention that.  I noticed this this morning on my way to work:

(thats the towel)

 

[Sucker Punch]

So you saved it.

You should put it up on your bedroom wall.

 

[Erndog]

So you saved it.

You should put it up on your bedroom wall.

Passenger side.  Was my girlfriends.  She forgot it.

I sat on mine the whole game.  Was still drapped on the seat when I left.

 

[Madferret]

So you saved it.

You should put it up on your bedroom wall.

Passenger side.  Was my girlfriends.  She forgot it.

I sat on mine the whole game.  Was still drapped on the seat when I left.

So the gf is one of us then?

 

[Madferret]

Move over, Spartan  There's a new terrible Sens mascot in town:

http://yfrog.com/obsrygnj

That guy is awesome!

I'm embarrassed for you.

It's not me in the suit - be embarrassed for him! Where do you even begin to look for a suit like that

Hold a paper mache class hostage and force them to make you one?

I made promises that I would never do that again

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Guys - with respect I think the Leafs might be more than a few peices away from winning the East

Obviously, but with elite goaltending, you never know.  The Leafs teams from the early 2000's weren't especially amazing in the skill department, but they got bailed out constantly and won a lot of games as a result.  Luck is a big part too, and team commitment, blah blah.

 

[hockeyfan1]

"I've just lived every kid's Stanley Cup dream."
- Ottawa Senators center Kyle Turris, who scored the overtime-winner in Game 4 against the New York Rangers to tie the series 2-2.

From:  THN

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

"I always dreamt about forcing the hand of the team that drafts me into trading me to another team where we make the playoffs and I score the winning goal to tie our first round series at 2."

 

[Madferret]

This is what I'm hearing: no Alfie or Winchester tomorrow but Stone is playing and Daugevins comes back into the lineup. The talk is Silverberg would play game 6 if hes needed but that's obviously going to depend on how Stone looks tomorrow. Doesn't sound like good news for Winchester again.

 

[Moot Point]

MacLean answering reporters: 'No really, mine is this much bigger than Spezza's.' ;D

 

[Madferret]

Ottawa Senators @ New York Rangers. Game 5 Eastern quarter-final. Series tied 2-2

Saturday, 7 p.m., Madison Square Garden

TV: CBC. Radio: Team 1200

SPECIAL TEAMS

OTT: PP 13.3%, No. 10; PK 83.3%, No. 8

NYR: PP 16.7%, No. 9; PK 86.7%, No. 7

LAST FIVE

Rangers

    OTT 3, NYR 2 (OT)
    NYR 1, OTT 0
    OTT 3, NYR 2 (OT)
    NYR 4, OTT 2
    WSH 4, NYR 1

Senators

    OTT 3, NYR 2 (OT)
    NYR 1, OTT 0
    OTT 3, NYR 2 (OT)
    NYR 4, OTT 2
    NJ 4, OTT 2

SIZING UP THE SIDES

FORWARDS: OTT. Senators getting contributions from everybody

DEFENCE: NYR. Those Rangers do a terrific job blocking shots

GOALTENDING: NYR. Lundqvist is still the man to beat in this series

POWER PLAY: EVEN. Both teams need work in this area

PENALTY KILLING: EVEN. Few power-play goals in this series

COACHING: OTT. MacLean has done a better job adjusting

OVERALL: NYR. Rangers have home-ice advantage.

RANGERS LINES

    Brandon Dubinsky-Brad Richards-Ryan Callahan
    Artem Anisimov-Derek Stepan-Marian Gaborik
    Ruslan Fedotenko-Brian Boyle-Brandon Prust
    Chris Kreider-John Mitchell-Mike Rupp

Defence

    Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi
    Marc Staal-Anton Stralman
    Michael Del Zotto-Stu Bickel

Goaltenders

    Henrik Lundqvist
    Martin Biron

SENATORS LINES

    Colin Greening-Jason Spezza-Milan Michalek
    Nick Foligno-Kyle Turris-Bobby Butler
    Erik Condra-Zack Smith-Chris Neil
    Jim O'Brien-Zenon Konopka-Kaspars Daugavins

Defence

    Filip Kuba-Erik Karlsson
    Jared Cowen-Sergei Gonchar
    Chris Phillips-Matt Carkner

Goaltenders

    Craig Anderson
    Ben Bishop

INJURIES

SENS: RW Daniel Alfredsson (concussion); C Peter Regin (shoulder); RW Jesse Winchester (upper body).

RANGERS: D Steve Eminger (ankle); D Michael Sauer (concussion); RW Mats Zuccarello (wrist).

PLUS: The Senators aren't intimidated by playing on the road in the playoffs, where they are 26-32 in franchise history ... Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist is not unbeatable. He is 17-22 lifetime in the playoffs and fell to 8-13 on the road with the loss in Ottawa. The Senators snapped his shutout string at 87:04 with a goal by Milan Michalek in the second period ... The Senators are getting big goals and the right time, most notably overtime winners by Chris Neil (Game 2) and Kyle Turris (Game 4).

MINUS: The Rangers have scored the first goal in all four games of this series, while the Senators haven't led for one minute ... The two goals on the PP in Game 4 were the most the Rangers have scored with the man-advantage since they had two on April 26, 2009 vs. the Washington Capitals in the first round ... C Jason Spezza hasn't scored a power-play goal since April 20, 2010 in the first round against the Pittsburgh Penguins ... The Rangers were 25-2-4 when scoring a power play goal during the regular season ... New York D Dan Girardi is a workhorse. He had five blocked shots in Game 4 and played 31:17 of ice time ... The Rangers have won the last five playoff series they've held home-ice advantage.

ONLINE EXTRA

The Senators aren't expected to make any changes on the blue line, meaning D Matt Carkner should be in the lineup and Matt Gilroy scratched for the second straight game ... Rangers G Henik Lundqvist, who surrendered the winner to Kyle Turris Wednesday night, has lost seven straight playoff OT games dating back to 2007 ... D Sergei Gonchar was a force in Game 4. He had a two-point effort and chipped in with three hits ... The Senators' victory over the Rangers was only the third time they've won a playoff game when they've trailed by two goals. The other two times: Buffalo during run to the final in 2007 and vs. Philadelphia in 2003.

 

[Madferret]

Enjoy the game - Go Sens!

 

[ZBBM]

Gary Galley U R Bow-ring.

 

[Madferret]

Nice pass from Stone to set-up Spezza

 

[Madferret]

Nothing beats this but its also brutal on the central nervous system...and subsequently my liver / kidneys

 

[Corn Flake]

Nothing beats this but its also brutal on the central nervous system...and subsequently my liver / kidneys

Your nerves can relax now.

2-0.. Holy geez.

 

[Tigger]

That's just a great game, what a win for Ottawa.

 

[Madferret]

Anderson! What a game - on to game 6!

 

[Oracle]

Gotta give the Sens credit for their tight coverage, gave the Rangers hardly any room, but geez, the Rangers looked like they just couldn't be bothered to fight through it.