Well last night was a great start for me in regards to the NHL playoffs. The Colorado Avalanche pulled off a stunning victory, 2-1, in game 1 against the San Jose Sharks. The Avalanche tossed all the crap they keep hearing about how they don't deserve to be in the playoffs. Well folks, let me tell you one thing, this team could care less. They are an extremely young team and will certainly use that to their advantage as they take on the Western Conference #1 seed.
John-Michael Liles got the scoring started in the 2nd period on the power play, with assists going to Paul Stastny and Matt Duchene. The Avalanche held the 1-0 lead until Ryane Clowe evened the score eight minutes into the 3rd. The game appeared to be heading into overtime until Avalanche winger Chris Stewart's pass went off the skate of Sharks defenseman, and former Avs player, Rob Blake, and into the net. This could be the start of things to come as the Avalanche needed to steal a game in San Jose to give them a chance. Now this team truly believes and this will be a very dangerous combination.
In other NHL playoff action, Ottawa had five different players score goals and Senators goalie Brian Elliott did just enough, as the Senators took game 1, 5-4 over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Igloo.
The Phoenix Coyotes continued their hot streak and used the power play to their advantage, by scoring three times with the man advantage, to defeat the Detroit Red Wings to take a 1-0 series lead.
The Philadelphia Flyers went into New Jersey and took down Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils, 2-1, in game 1 on their conference series.
We have three game 1's on tap for tonight. Below is the schedule for tonight:
Boston @ Buffalo 7:00 pm
Montreal @ Washington 7:00 pm
Los Angeles @ Vancouver 10:00 pm
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