WC Playoffs Round 1: Anaheim Ducks vs Dallas Stars (Ducks win 4-2).

[flamesfan1297]

Lets go ducks !!!!!!

[hwy19man]

Eakin and Getzlaf for the winning goal.

[flamesfan1297]

Perry and Benn for the winners are my prediction

[JurassicTunga12]

Bonino scores. Ducks win.

[Gaskal]

Well then.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Ducks win .Great comeback.

[Scrambler]

wow....

[flamesfan1297]

Yaaaaa.

[saXon]

Building is silent.

[dino7c]

Stars...ya blew it

Cogs not good enough for the Oilers lol, or was he not no good enough?

[hwy19man]

The series clinching goal, wow! This is awesome.

[an hero]

Worst late game choke in a while.

There was little comment by any of the TSN analysts about the Stars D just sitting there playing zone covering ice and not players. Was like a bunch of pylons just standing there.

Was the same story for Anaheim's goals 3 4 and 5.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Darren Haynes ‏@DarrenWHaynes 2m
All five times a team has tied the game with its goalie pulled, that team then won it in overtime. (Col x 2, Stl, Clb, Ana)

[ForeverFlameFan]

Pulling the goalie has really been an advantage this playoff season.

[OILFAN #81]

Tough way to lose for Dallas. I felt bad for Lehtonen. He was crying coming off the ice. Way too passive in the final few minutes for them.

California battle next round again. Anaheim-San Jose or Anaheim-Los Angeles.

[troutman]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/20...PUI/story.html

Indeed, mathematical studies indicate that the extra-man gambit works often enough to justify it. Andrew Thomas, who studied data from four NHL seasons during the past decade for an article in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis, found that 30 percent of the goals scored with the cage empty were tallied by the attacking side. And while the league doesn’t keep stats on empty-cage goals, the Elias Sports Bureau reports that 48 extra-attacker goals (with or without the goalie pulled) were scored in the final three minutes during this year’s regular season with another seven in the playoffs.

If anything, researchers say, coaches should make an inevitable move sooner. “Under any reasonable set of assumptions, hockey coaches wait too long before pulling their goalies,” professors Robert Nydick and Howard Weiss concluded in a paper on the subject. The traditional rule of thumb calls for adding an extra attacker with between 90 seconds and two minutes remaining, with between two and 2:30 if down by two, or earlier if the trailing team is on the power play.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

Darren Haynes ‏@DarrenWHaynes 2m
All five times a team has tied the game with its goalie pulled, that team then won it in overtime. (Col x 2, Stl, Clb, Ana)

Just the fact that the teams who pulled their goalies tied it 5 times is pretty amazing.

[Huntingwhale]

Epic choke job by Dallas. That's what the playoffs are all about.

[direwolf]

Amazing how many late period comebacks there have been in these playoffs so far. No lead is safe.

[SuperMatt18]

Pretty choked that Dallas let that one go.

Had tickets to game 7 in Anaheim if Dallas could have held on. Guess I will have to settle for game one or two of the next round now.