A bit of a quiet night with so many first round series concluded. There was one game and not much drama to be had, unfortunately.
NY Rangers vs. Philadelphia.
Game 6 was basically about two things: Wayne Simmonds putting up a hat trick, and Steve Mason shutting out the Rangers for two periods before giving up a pair in the third.
Honestly, the Rangers should probably be done with this series already. But as usual, they screwed around and now have put themselves in the unenviable position of having to win Game 7 on a back-to-back.
At least they're at home.
But yes, they have to win Game 7 on a back-to-back. This seems almost unfathomable, yet it's actually a rather nifty piece of strategy on the part of the NHL. What they've done is to shoehorn all three Game 7's in the first round into one incredible night.
So for all the drama that last night lacked, Wednesday night should make up in spades.
Personally, I hope to see some good goaltending. Even though Tuukka Rask (I mentioned Rask again, so DRINK, people!) won't be playing, it'd be nice for someone to step up.
That said, I imagine that Varlamov, Quick, and Lundqvist will do their damnedest to get their teams out of the first round.
And if San Jose happens to lose...well, them's the breaks, huh? Bad grammar and dated references aside, it'd be pretty shitty for the Sharks to not even get out of the first round and for goaltending (which was better than average through the season) to be their undoing.
But more on that tomorrow, when I recap the results of the three series-ending games in NYC, Colorado, and San Jose.
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