WC Playoffs Round 1: St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks (Blackhawks win 4-2).

[codynw]

Just saw this, pretty weird..

Series against Los Angeles last season:

Game 1 - Steen scores winner in OT
Game 2 - Jackman scores game winner
Game 3 - St. Louis were the better team, Quick with a shutout
Game 4 - LA wins 4-3

This series against Chicago:

Game 1 - Steen scores winner in OT
Game 2 - Jackman scores winner in OT
Game 3 - St. Louis were the better team, Crawford with a shutout
Game 4 - Chicago wins 4-3

Spooooooky!

[blender]

Originally Posted by codynw

Just saw this, pretty weird..

Series against Los Angeles last season:

Game 1 - Steen scores winner in OT
Game 2 - Jackman scores game winner
Game 3 - St. Louis were the better team, Quick with a shutout
Game 4 - LA wins 4-3

This series against Chicago:

Game 1 - Steen scores winner in OT
Game 2 - Jackman scores winner in OT
Game 3 - St. Louis were the better team, Crawford with a shutout
Game 4 - Chicago wins 4-3

Spooooooky!

Indeed. I was talking with a friend before the series started about how sure we were that it would go to seven, and the comment was made about how the match-up was like StL-LA last year, even down to StL playing the defending champ.
Neither team looks good enough to handle San Jose, but that's a different story.

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by RedCoffee

For a game this good Dean Brown brings absolutely no emotion to it.

He certainly does bring his play by play call down to a dull pace for this series. I have been watching this series on RDS after listening to him in the first period of game one. Greg Millen actually brings more excitement with his commentary. The good news with this series is that game six will be on NBC this Sunday.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Dion

haha, those three nerds on the left look like they finished downloading the latest episode of The Big Band Theory on that smartphone and are now cheering that they get to watch it.

[Flash Walken]

So....the game is on.

It won't make the highlights, but Jackman killed Kruger in the corner with a solid, clean shoulder to shoulder bodycheck. Kruger held jackman's stick a bit while on his knees and then sort of wobbled his way back to the bench.

Great hit by Jackman that looks it took a ton of mustard out of one of Chicago's key depth players.

[transplant99]

Oshie with the tieing goal...pretty good game but have been watchin the Flyers game a bit more...good also.

[Hockey_Ninja]

WTF was that CBC?

[PeteMoss]

Oshie scores while basically on his belly... yet announcers yet to talk about the skill involved there.

[hwy19man]

Hossa opened the scoring for the Blackhawks in the first period. Now that the game is tied, expect it to go to overtime.

[expatflame]

Blues tie it up!

[Flash Walken]

Sabotka the fire hydrant returns the favour on Bickell who rang Sabotka's bell in the previous game.

Interesting storyline there.

[stignasty]

OT winner: #19

[timbit]

Kinduva shame one of these 2 elite teams will be out of it next week.

[hwy19man]

Here we go again for the fourth time in this series, overtime!

[Itse]

While I don't mind the refs avoiding handing out penalties, with all the slashes both ways, no wonder there's so many injuries during the playoffs.

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by timbit

Kinduva shame one of these 2 elite teams will be out of it next week.

That is why some say doing this divisional playoff format for second and third place is a bad idea. I am on the fence when it comes to the playoff format. The conference format would have had Blues-Kings and Sharks-Blackhawks.

[nik-]

wow Toews

[flamesfan6]

wow who knew a rebound from the other goalie would lead to a breakaway for that team...

[FireGilbert]

Toews wins it. Sweet breakaway move.

[timbit]

Big moment player.