NHL Playoffs Video Highlights - April 30th

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2007 NHL Playoffs Video Highlights

New Jersey Devils 0 (1) at Ottawa Senators 2 (2) :



Detroit Red Wings 1 (1) at San Jose Sharks 2 (2) :

2007 NHL Playoffs Recap and Predictions - May 1st

2-2 last night as Ottawa beats Brodeur on a disputed goal and San Jose holds on to beat Detroit. The Rangers and Canucks have a chance to even up their series at home tonight but neither will manage it.

Tonights Games :

Buffalo Sabres (2) a New York Rangers (1) : The Sabres still haven't turned on the afterburners in the 2007 NHL Playoffs, expect them to turn it up a notch tonight in New York as they win to take a 3-1 series lead. Tomas Vanek will continue to chip in offensively and Chris Drury will get on the score sheet tonight.

Anaheim Ducks (2) at Vancouver Canucks (1) : Vancouver can't score, they can't do it 5-5, they can't do it on the power play and in game 3 they couldn't manage it on 2 lengthy 5-3 man advantages. The Ducks will take a commanding lead in the series by winning tonight in Vancouver. Teemu Selanne's line is giving the Canucks fits and while his line hasn't put up a lot of points they are deflecting pressure from the second line of Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Dustin Penner who are picking up the offensive slack.

Last Nights Recaps :

New Jersey Devils 0 (1) at Ottawa Senators 2 (2) : The game winning goal came on a sharp angled shot by Tom Preissing immediately after Mike Fisher bumped Martin Brodeur. Lou Lamoriello was upset that the ref's didn't call goaltender interference on the play and looking at the replays it seems obvious that Brodeur was out of position on the shot. Regardless, Ray Emery was solid in net to get his second shutout of the playoffs. If New Jersey cannot find a way to generate more offense then even Brodeur can't help them win this series.

Detroit Red Wings 1 (1) at San Jose Sharks 2 (2) : The Red Wings dominated most of game 3 but the most dominant player on the ice all night was Joe Thornton. Only Niklas Lidstrom and Craig Rivet were on the ice longer than Thornton's 23:01 minutes. Thornton's presence paid off as he assisted on Ryan Clowe's game tying goal and drew the penalty that resulted in Jonathan Cheechoo's game winner. Good news for Detroit as Tomas Holmstrom has been cleared to play game 4 in San Jose on Wednesday night. San Jose's Bill Guerin has yet to score in the post season making his costly pickup at the trade deadline a questionable investment.

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2007 NHL Playoffs Recap and Predictions - Apr 30th

Yesterday I had some issues with a slippery tranny and was unable to post my usual. Hey, get your mind outta the gutter, the transmission in my car was acting up. The bad news is that I would probably have gone 0fer yesterday. Vancouver was a letdown at home and the Rangers showed some sign of life in New York.

Tonights Games :

New Jersey Devils (1) at Ottawa Senators (1) : The Devils squeaked one out in overtime in Game 2 as Martin Brodeur returned to form. Ottawa was the stronger team for much of the game and should come out hot tonight to take game 3 of the series.

Detroit Red Wings (1) at San Jose Sharks (1) : The Wings game back in the 3rd period to win game 2 and tie up the series. The Sharks are determined not to let what happened to them in last years playoffs occur this year. They will come out pressing the Wings tonight and take a 2-1 series lead with game 3 at home.

Last Nights Recaps :

Buffalo Sabres 1 (2) at New York Rangers 2 (1) : Game 3 in this series was beginning to look eerily like game 2 as the Rangers held a lead into the third period only to see Buffalo tie it up late. This time New York managed to hold onto the tie in regulation and force overtime finally winning the game in the 2nd OT on a hard shot by defenseman Mical Rozsival. The Rangers looked determined to win game 3 and the Sabres couldn't capitalize on a number of power play chances in the game. The Sabres went 1-7 on the power play in regulation and were blanked on 2 more PP chances in overtime.

Anaheim Ducks 3 (2) at Vancouver Canucks 2 (1) : The scoring problems that have plagued Vancouver all year are continuing into the playoffs despite the fact that they are getting some production from Markus Naslund. Vancouver was limited to 1 goal on 7 power play opportunities 2 of which were lengthy 5-3 advantages while Anaheim converted on 2 of 5 chances. That was the story as the Ducks weathered a late offensive storm from the Canucks to win game 3 in Vancouver. Vancouver is now a miserable 4-58 on power plays in the playoffs this year, that simply will not do as Vancouver looks to be heading to the golf course early this year.

2007 NHL Playoffs Recap and Predictions - Apr 28th

1-2 again last night. Despite missing both Sami Salo and Kevin Bieksa from the lineup last night the Canucks pulled out a win and the Sabres showed up in the third period to win their game.

Tonights Games:

San Jose Sharks (1) at Detroit Red Wings (0) : Hopefully the Detroit Red Wings were woken up by their loss in game 1 of this series and come out swinging tonight. They will again be without Tomas Holmstrom who is out with blood in his eye and will continue to struggle on the power play without him. If this wasn't a home game for Detroit I would be picking the Sharks to win, but with the crowd involved (assuming one shows up!) I think the Wings even up the series tonight.

Ottawa Senators (1) at New Jersey Devils (0) : While the first period of game 1 was pretty scary if you are a Devils fan you had to like what happened in the remaining two periods. Tonight the Devils get captain Patrick Elias back and they will certainly be a little peeved at their performance in game 1. Expect the Devils to come out hard and take it to Ottawa with the series knotted up at 1-1.

Last Nights Recaps:

New York Rangers 2 (0) at Buffalo Sabres 3 (2) : The Buffalo Sabres showed off their character and their depth last night as they came from behind in the 3rd period to take game 2 of the series. Thomas Vanek again scored a game winner late in the third period and the Sabres weathered a two man advantage for the final two minutes of the game as the Rangers pulled Lundqvist while Daniel Briere was in the penalty box on a questionable call. Briere got the penalty shortly after the linesman studiously ignored New York having 7 men on the ice with about 4 minutes to go. There was some horrible officiating in this game, but give credit to the Sabres as they clawed back to take a 2-0 series lead.

Vancouver Canucks 2 (1) at Anaheim Ducks 1 (1) : The Canucks pulled another over time win out of their bag of tricks to even up the series before they head home for game 3. Markus Naslund actually found the back of the net and Roberto Luongo simply decided that he wanted to win this game. Travis Moen scored the only goal for Anaheim as he picked up a loose rebound after Teemu Selanne's breakaway chance. The defensive effort in front of Luongo was solid considering they are still missing two of their top defensemen. Great job by Vancouver last night.

NHL Playoffs Video Highlights - April 26th

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2007 NHL Playoffs Video Highlights

Ottawa Sentors 5 (1) at New Jersey Devils 4 (0) :



San Jose Sharks 2 (1) at Detroit Red Wings 0 (0) :