Playoff scheduling/results/discussion/rants

[trapper]

Tis the season boys and girls...

[Gary83]

Nothing personal Washington, but I must crush you like a bug.

[trapper]

Haha I liked it!

[slybomb]

Can someone start a thread for each individual playoff matchup? Or post what the matchups are? Please?

[3 Justin 3]

Dallas vs Calgary
St.Louis vs Nashville
Phoenix vs Chicago
Detroit vs Edmonton


Buffalo vs Islanders
Tampa Bay vs Rangers
Washington vs Philly
Toronto vs Winnipeg

I believe this to be correct, but I'm going off the standings on my NHL 13 app.

[AR_Six]

West matchups were all set yesterday except 1v8 - DAL vs. CGY/MIN, STL vs. NSH, EDM vs. CHI, DET vs. PHX.

Edit: Justin beat me to it.

[trapper]

Edit: should be edm vs the western all stars no?

[AR_Six]

Series Update: Blues Keep Home Ice Advantage as Series Shifts to Nashville With St. Louis Up Two Games to None

Game 1 - Alexander Ovechkin scored the early series opening goal on a rebound and Alex Burrows made it 2-0 Blues later in the first on a top shelf wrister that Niemi got a piece of but was unable to stop. The Preds cut the lead to 2-1 late in the first when Cory Conacher got open in the slot and went far post on Tim Thomas. Nashville tied it up in the second on a one-timer from James Neal that rang off the post before beating Thomas. The teams went to the third tied at 2, where The Blues were able to pull ahead on the power play with goals by Tuomo Ruutu and Jason Pominville. Final score, 4-2.

Game 2 - Alex Auld started for the Preds and played well in the first, stopping all 12 St. Louis shots as the game was tied after 1. In the second, however, he was yanked after letting in a weak 5 hold wrist shot goal from near the half-wall by Kyle Okposo. After that, the Blues' second line, which has been by far their best, went to work on their cycle game. Alex Burrows picked up his second of the postseason before setting up Tuomo Ruutu for the 3-0 goal. The Preds were unable to recover, being outshot 21-1 in the third, and the 3-0 score held up as the final.

With Game 3 in Nashville to be played either tonight or (more likely) tomorrow, the Blues look forward to the return of right wing Brad Boyes, who will join St. Louis's 3rd / 4th line (I'm not sure which is really which at this point) alongside Tyler Kennedy and Guillaume Latendresse.

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My top line has a total of I think 2 points in this series so far, Dill's been largely able to shut them down and Niemi's bailed him out when I've had chances. My 2nd unit is completely carrying me right now. Getting Ruutu back from injury is a godsend.

[slybomb]

Phoenix wins the 4/5 matchup in OT of Game 7

Game 1 - both teams feeling each other out, Phoenix was dictating play early but with a strong 3rd period Detroit wins 3-2

Game 2 - complete domination by Phoenix and even moreso from Bryzgalov, Detroit squeeks out a win 2-1. Honestly, I think Detroit was outshot like 43-16 or something.

Game 3 - Detroit leads by one with about 4 minutes left on the clock, Phoenix ties the game and wins on a beauty in OT.

Game 4 - Phoenix leads 2-0 most of the game, Detroit gets a late PP with about 1:45 left on the clock, pulls the goalie and puts up a quick geno. After losing the faceoff, Detroit recovers and empties the net again, has a nice set up in the slot but after the save is deflected to a Phoenix player, they put the icing on the cake and win the game 3-1

Game 5 - No chance for Detroit in this one, Phoenix wins 5-2 or something

Game 6 - No chance for Phoenix in this one, Detroit wins 7-4 or something

Game 7 - Detroit takes the early 2-0 lead and feels pretty good. In the second period Phoenix gets 2 goals in under a minute to tie the game. About 6 minutes later, Detroit is back on top, leading 3-2. Early in the 3rd Phoenix scores 2 quick goals again to take the 4-3 lead. With time ticking down, about 4 left on the clock Ryan Jones goes shelf to tie the game. We are headed to OT of game 7 folks. After a few good opportunities on both sides Phoenix has it low in the right hand corner and is looking to pass the puck cross crease to finish the game when the pass hits the Detroit defenders skate and beats Bryzgalov to take the series.

This was an awesome 3ish hours of my life last night. Me and Phoenix had some amazing games and I wish him the best of luck in the western semi final.

[Gary83]

Toronto swept in 4 games by Washington, scored 3 goals the entire series...

[trapper]

Yikes. Lots of round 1 drama going on. Nice to see gentlemen!

[Gary83]

Originally Posted by trapper

Yikes. Lots of round 1 drama going on. Nice to see gentlemen!

Hah, just trolling.

Still waiting to hear back from Washington on some times that work for him.

[trapper]

Lol

[AR_Six]

I'm waiting to hear how the Western All Stars series turned out.

[Gary83]

I'm waiting for the Chicago/St. Louis deathmatch!

[AR_Six]

^I don't think I can possibly play Chicago next round even assuming I get past Nashville and Trapper beats Tagg3r. Phoenix was the 5 seed, so if Dallas wins I'd play Phoenix (which would create an entirely separate deathmatch between Justin and Trapper) and if Calgary wins I'd play Calgary.

That said I doubt Trapper is worried about either such deathmatch since he has a winning record against both of us.

[Tagg3r1]

The first two games of traps and my series has been the most intense games I've ever been a part of.. I may have a heart attack by game 5 if this keeps up... Shots are dead even both games one goal games time on attack was dead even as well

[Tagg3r1]

Why am I being counted out already

[trapper]

Man you worry to much. Lol it's just a game. What's with all this death match talk. I just enjoy playing the game. To be honest I would never dislike someone over a game. I don't really care who I play whether it be Phoenix. Stl, or Dallas. I'm sure all the series will be tight exciting games. Should be fun!

Lets play it out and see what happens. It's not the end of the world. Think we all just need to move on. It's gotten silly.

For those wondering me and tagg are split after two games. He took game one I took game 2. Rest of the games will be played tomorrow night.

Good luck the rest of the way!

[trapper]

Ya me and tagg are gonna crash the servers with the intensity of our games. Just epic battles. Can't help but fall in love with the game when you have such tight games. its been good.