Round 3: New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
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bustaheims
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Potvin29 said:
I imagine the quality of the opposition comes into play there. I don't really have time to look into it right now, but Nash could just be one of those guys that really feasts on lower quality teams and struggles against really good teams. In the playoffs, you're almost always playing teams that are at least good, and mostly teams that are very good.
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Tampa Bay 2 NYRangers 0 Tampa Bay leads 3 games to 2.
This game was a case of role reversal, or rather, game reversal, as the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Rangers played opposite roles from Game 4. In that one, it was the Rangers who found the net given power play opportunities and the Lightning stymied by Lundqvist.
In this one, it was the Lightning given power play opportunities and Ben Bishop who stymied the desperately-seeking empty-handed Rangers. Give Bishop credit as his solid netminding not only gave his team the confidence it needed, but paved the way for the Lightning with enough time to take a 1-0 lead and keep pressing for extra markers.
The Blueshirts may have dominated the game offensively, but nothing they threw at Bishop got past him. Not that the Rangers haven't been in this situation before, but they did have a chance to take the series lead and failed.
So now, Tampa Bay is but one game away from a Stanley Cup appearance. Will they hold or fold? Will Stamkos once again rise up when it counts? Will the Rangers come back as they have done so many times in this post-season, by winning it in Tampa then come home and wrap it all up?
Question, questions, questions. Answers? We'll have to watch Game 6 to find out.
Game 6 goes Tuesday in Tampa Bay at 8PM.
Source: NHL.com
This game was a case of role reversal, or rather, game reversal, as the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Rangers played opposite roles from Game 4. In that one, it was the Rangers who found the net given power play opportunities and the Lightning stymied by Lundqvist.
In this one, it was the Lightning given power play opportunities and Ben Bishop who stymied the desperately-seeking empty-handed Rangers. Give Bishop credit as his solid netminding not only gave his team the confidence it needed, but paved the way for the Lightning with enough time to take a 1-0 lead and keep pressing for extra markers.
The Blueshirts may have dominated the game offensively, but nothing they threw at Bishop got past him. Not that the Rangers haven't been in this situation before, but they did have a chance to take the series lead and failed.
So now, Tampa Bay is but one game away from a Stanley Cup appearance. Will they hold or fold? Will Stamkos once again rise up when it counts? Will the Rangers come back as they have done so many times in this post-season, by winning it in Tampa then come home and wrap it all up?
Question, questions, questions. Answers? We'll have to watch Game 6 to find out.
Game 6 goes Tuesday in Tampa Bay at 8PM.
Source: NHL.com
We need Tampa to win the Cup with Johnson scoring the winning goal in the dying seconds of the 3rd period (and winning the Conn Smyth) with Stamkos sitting on the bench. That way he'll be even hungrier to win a second Cup but he'll want to be the one leading the charge that time.
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CarltonTheBear said:
I think an alternative possibility is that Tampa could go to Game 7 of the Cup finals, hold a 4-0 lead in the 3rd period, and then Stamkos gives away the puck for goals 4 times in the 3rd, then once again in overtime for good measure. He gets run out of Tampa to our welcoming arms.
Comes to Toronto? Check.
Hungry for a Cup? Double-check.
Chokes in big games? Well, we'll work on that.
Heroic Shrimp said:
I like it, but I still think Johnson needs to be the one who wins it in OT. After Cooper rips the C off Stamkos' jersey mid game Mighty Ducks-style and puts it on Johnson. That'll cause a rift in the lockerroom, and Yzerman won't get rid of a Stanley Cup winning coach or a Conn Smyth winner for Stamkos.
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CarltonTheBear said:
Not only is that entire scenario plausible, I'll be so bold as to declare it fully likely to happen.
Pretty crazy series with another blowout last night. Rick Nash finally scored, but I take it with a grain of salt (scored to make it 6-2). Brassard with a hat trick, though. Rangers came up big, Lightning, not so much.
I vaguely remember some absurd stat about Lundqvist being undefeated in his career in games where the Rangers can close out a series. I think he is 15-3 in elimination games overall.
I vaguely remember some absurd stat about Lundqvist being undefeated in his career in games where the Rangers can close out a series. I think he is 15-3 in elimination games overall.
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New York Rangers 7 Tampa Bay 3 Series tied at 3 games apiece.
The New York Rangers have made it a habit of coming back from elimination games in this post-season, posting a perfect 4-0 record in that regard, while netminder Henrik Lundqvist carries a 15-3 record since the 2012 playoffs. "King" Henrik is also 9-1 in that aspect since last year's playoffs.
And so, with the Rangers here in Game 6, and on the verge of elimination, what did they do? Win. As they have been doing in these situations. The Blueshirts chased Tampa goaltender Ben Bishop from the net with five goals on 26 shots and by the time the Lightning made the goaltending change, the Rangers had built uo a sizeable lead going into the final period.
Derek Brassard led the charge with a hat-trick and New York got a total team effort from just about everyone. The Rangers, as many know, have plenty of depth on their bench, and that was visible in this game.
As for the Lightning, well, they certainly didn't get the results with were seeking, and even with whatever chances they had, Lundqvist was there to virtually shut the door on them.
The Rangers merely gave them a textbook case on how to survive when it counts the most.
Game 7 is Thursday in New York at 8PM.
Source: Sportsnet, CBCSports
The New York Rangers have made it a habit of coming back from elimination games in this post-season, posting a perfect 4-0 record in that regard, while netminder Henrik Lundqvist carries a 15-3 record since the 2012 playoffs. "King" Henrik is also 9-1 in that aspect since last year's playoffs.
And so, with the Rangers here in Game 6, and on the verge of elimination, what did they do? Win. As they have been doing in these situations. The Blueshirts chased Tampa goaltender Ben Bishop from the net with five goals on 26 shots and by the time the Lightning made the goaltending change, the Rangers had built uo a sizeable lead going into the final period.
Derek Brassard led the charge with a hat-trick and New York got a total team effort from just about everyone. The Rangers, as many know, have plenty of depth on their bench, and that was visible in this game.
As for the Lightning, well, they certainly didn't get the results with were seeking, and even with whatever chances they had, Lundqvist was there to virtually shut the door on them.
The Rangers merely gave them a textbook case on how to survive when it counts the most.
Game 7 is Thursday in New York at 8PM.
Source: Sportsnet, CBCSports
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hockeyfan1 said:
Game 7 is FRIDAY.
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Nik the Trik said:
Typo. Should have read "since last year's playoffs." (When facing elimination).
Sportsnet:
Lundqvist is 9-1 with his team?s season on the line since the start of last year?s playoffs...
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Guru Tugginmypuddah said:
Corrected.
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AvroArrow said:
Sometimes I do them too fast (read through the summaries quickly) and the end result is obviously errors. Or, it I use my Playbook (BlackBerry), there will be typos.
Forgive me if I make mistakes, but, remember I'm no professional journalist, just someone who's having fun posting (in my own words) game summaries (either having watched the game itself in whole or in part, highlights, etc,).
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I knew about the winning streak thing but 1 goal or less? That's insane.
I knew about the winning streak thing but 1 goal or less? That's insane.