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[Dark Knight]

Please post news, comments, thoughts, and pictures relative to tonight's game on this thread.

Buffalo at Carolina

[PortBeach13]

Um go

[GLOVESAVE35]

Let's go Buffalo!!!!

[goavsgo]

Let's go !!!

[Reb]

GO

KP be damned.

[jojo983]

Lets go East coast Ducks!

[PortBeach13]

Yes yes go We need more optimism! lol

[Barmy Army]

I'm going with Carolina too

[DropThePuck]

"Whether you win or lose, you're always preparing for the next one," Carolina captain Rod Brind'Amour said after the Hurricanes dropped Game 1, 3-2 on Saturday. "The minute this one was over we're preparing for the next one. That's all you can really do."
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"The beauty of a seven-game series is that it is just one game," said Ward after allowing three goals on 27 shots Saturday. "We're going to try to learn from it and come out firing in Game 2."

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[DropThePuck]

No one predicted an Eastern Conference finals between the second-seeded Hurricanes and the fourth-seeded Sabres, and no one predicted the changes to the NHL game - new rules and stricter enforcement of old ones - would have this much of an impact this soon.
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Consider the Sabres, who are not impressively physical anywhere on the ice, outside of Mike Grier's uniform, and yet are aggressive with their skating and tenacity for the puck. They fast-break like the Lakers of the 1980s, turning rebounds into rushes the other way with such quickness that opponents rarely can make a line change on the fly.
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Then you have Carolina, which will counter that speed with, well, speed. The Hurricanes will employ Laviolette's trademark two-man forecheck and try to force the Sabres into turnovers and ill-advised long passes. The Hurricanes buried the Devils almost entirely with their power play, but they also can score on their aggressive penalty kill.

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Cole recapped his entire "miserable" ordeal, from the moment Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik ran him into the boards from behind, to his joy at rejoining his teammates Sunday -- speaking in detail about how close he came to being paralyzed and why he has no interest in speaking to Orpik.

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How good is Brind'Amour? Well, consider that he no longer has to work on his craft in practice. He refuses to take faceoffs other than under game conditions, so attuned to the nuances of his job that he is afraid the laxness of practice could disrupt his timing for that next crucial, late-game draw.

Brind'Amour showed just how dominant he can be, schooling John Madden throughout most of the second-round series against New Jersey. During the season, madden took more than 1,600 draws and won just above 50 percent. Yet, in the six-game series against Carolina, Madden won just 20 of the 63 faceoffs he took against Brind'Amour.

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[GLOVESAVE35]

Hurricanes up 1-0 in the 1st.

[DropThePuck]

The Buffalo Sabres had control of the puck in the Lightning end of the rink. Suddenly, St. Louis intercepts a pass at the Tampa blue line and streaks down the ice towards the Buffalo goal. Mega seconds later, another streak catches St. Louis, ties him up before the Tampa center can get a shot off. That other streak was Tallinder.

Teammates Martin Biron remembered the play.

"I couldn't believe it," said the Sabres' netminder. "I thought St. Louis had a clear shot on goal. Henrik just didn't let it happen."

"I don't know if I'm actually fast," said Tallinder recalling the play. "But I've always had some great speed. I think it comes from hard work, but I think it comes a bit naturally too."

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[PortBeach13]

Booyaaa! Go

Up 3-1

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Carolina Hurricanes' Rod Brind'Amour reacts to teammate Frantisek Kaberle's goal in the first period as Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller looks back during Game 2 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals, Monday, May 22, 2006, in Raleigh, N.C.
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)


Buffalo Sabres' Daniel Briere looks for a shot as Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward looks on in the first period.
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Derek Roy of the Buffalo Sabres scores a power play goal against Cam Ward and Niclas Wallin of the Carolina Hurricanes in the first period.
(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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Aaron Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes collides with Jochen Hecht of the Buffalo Sabres in game two of the Eastern Conference Finals.
(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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J.P. Dumont of the Buffalo Sabres checks Cory Stillman of the Carolina Hurricanes in game two.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Rod Brind'Amour and Justin Williams of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate a first period goal against goalkeeper Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Carolina Hurricanes' Matt Cullen, skates against Buffalo Sabres' Brian Campbell, and Maxim Afinogenov.
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)


Carolina Hurricanes' Ray Whitney celebrates his goal against the Buffalo Sabres with teammates Mark Recchi, Frantisek Karberle, and Eric Staal, during the second period.
(AP Photo/ Karl DeBlaker)

[DropThePuck]

End of 2nd period, Carolina blowing over Buffalo, 3-1:
BUF: VANEK, T. (PPG, 19:12 in 1st)
CAR: KABERLE, F. (PPG, 10:05 in 1st), WHITNEY, R. (PPG, 06:03 in 2nd), WHITNEY, R. (12:58 in 2nd)

[DropThePuck]

In the first period, a message on the scoreboard read: "The Carolina Hurricanes have won as many Super Bowls as the Buffalo Bills."

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Buffalo Sabres bow to the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-4.

BUF: VANEK, T. (PPG, 19:12 in 1st), DRURY, C. (PPG, 11:39 in 3rd), ROY, D. (PPG, 19:57 in 3rd)
CAR: KABERLE, F. (PPG, 10:05 in 1st), WHITNEY, R. (PPG, 06:03 in 2nd), WHITNEY, R. (12:58 in 2nd), WILLIAMS, J. (06:58 in 3rd)

[Veca]

Yeah Canes....great job. Let's drag this out to 7..??

[Duckette]

    Yeah Canes....great job. Let's drag this out to 7..??

Aww, but I wanted to see it go to 9....