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[GLOVESAVE35]

Not sure when DK was gonna post this thread, so here's today's GNT.


Please post your thoughts, pictures and comments on tonight's game in this thread.

Ottawa at Buffalo (11:00 am Pacific Time)

[GLOVESAVE35]

TSN's Ice Chips:

Updates for Saturday, May 19

Around The Playoffs:

The Latest on the Senators

Patrick Eaves is going to play in Game 5 - replacing Oleg Saprykin in the lineup. Eaves hasn't played since Game 3 of Round 1 when he was hit by Colby Armstrong and left the game on stretcher. - TSN

Forwards
Heatley - Spezza - Alfredsson
Schaefer - Fisher - Comrie
Vermette - Kelly - Neil
Eaves - McAmmond - Schubert
Defence
Redden - Meszaros
Phillips - Volchenkov
Corvo - Preissing
Goaltender
Emery


The Latest on the Ducks

Randy Carlyle pulled a surprise in Game 4 by inserting rookie centre Ryan Carter into the lineup in place of Ryan Shannon on the fourth line. Carter, 23, never had appeared in an NHL game. He had 16 goals and 36 points in 76 games with American League affiliate Portland, Maine, this season. Carter skated only 2:32 on four shifts. He and linemates Brad May and Shawn Thornton were on the ice for Detroit's first goal. - OC Register

Forwards
Penner - McDonald- Selanne
May - Getzlaf - Perry
Niedermayer - Pahlsson - Moen
Shannon/Carter - Marchant - Thornton
Defence
Beauchemin - Niedermayer
O'Donnell - Pronger
DiPenta - Huskins
Goal
Giguere


The Latest on the Sabres

Sabres coach Lindy Ruff says Zubrus is "very doubtful" for Saturday's Game 5 against the Ottawa Senators. Zubrus, who skipped practice on Tuesday and Wednesday, is believed to be playing through a 'lower body' injury. He logged in just four minutes of ice time in Game 4. If Zubrus can't go, it's likely that Drew Stafford will take his place in the line-up. Stafford skated on the fourth line in practice Friday with Ales Kotalik and Adam Mair. - WGR 550

Forwards
Hecht - Briere - Pominville
Roy - Drury - Connolly
Vanek - Gaustad - Afinogenov
Kotalik - Stafford - Mair
Defence
Tallinder - Lydman
Kalinin - Numminen
Campbell - Spacek
Goal
Miller


The Latest on the Red Wings

The Wings traveled home to Detroit on Friday and will have a full practice Saturday to prepare for Sunday's Game 5. Stats to consider: The Wings held Anaheim to 0-for-16 on power plays in the first three games of the series. The Wings scored five power-play goals on 20 chances in the first three games, and went 2-for-6 Thursday. - Detroit Free Press

Forwards
Filppula - Datsyuk - Holmstrom
Franzen - Zetterberg - Samuelsson
Kopecky - Draper - Maltby
Cleary - Lang - Bertuzzi
Defence
Lidstrom - Markov
Lebda - Lilja
Quincey - Chelios
Goaltender
Hasek

Go !! Stretch out the series again!!

[Loz]

Go

[King_Of_Mars]

Sens just went up 2-1.
Buffalo has one more period of hockey to either win or tie this game up or their season is over.

[Loz]

Oh dear Sabres! You will be hitting the golf course tomorrow!

[mR. BlUe]

They are getting a 5 on 3. They need to score here. And did anyone just see that piece of glass fall as a whole piece onto that guy? AHAHHA. That was amazing. He got owned.

[Loz]

2-2 now Sabres goal.

[mR. BlUe]

OT. ROFL.

And honestly, NBC is retarded. They have a horse race right now, so they are giving up the OT time and Versus is going to show it. AHHAHAHAH!

GG NBC.

[Loz]

I'm kinda glad we don't have it on tv here in the UK all the time cos I've been reading about people complaining about blackouts and not showing OT in the playoffs.

Sabres season is well over. 3-2 Sens in OT.

[King_Of_Mars]

I'm not superstitious or anything, but I'd be just a little irked if I were an Ottawa fan.

Alfredson carried the Prince of Wales Trophy.

Bad omen?

[wildcat48]

WOOT WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



The Sens are in the Finals.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Loz]

I thought the Sabres would be in the final but it's all the media attention on them and I'm shocked that the Senators are in the final!!!!

Good season Sabres by winning the League, Eastern conference and division.

[bryzfan1]

NHL on NBC/Versus...losers

[Duck304]

I'm not superstitious or anything, but I'd be just a little irked if I were an Ottawa fan.

Alfredson carried the Prince of Wales Trophy.

Bad omen?

I believe it is the western conference trophy that you are not supposed to even touch...

[DropThePuck]

HEATLEY, D. (15:41 in 2nd), SPEZZA, J. (19:21 in 2nd), ALFREDSSON, D. (09:32 in 1st OT)
HECHT, J. (04:30 in 2nd), AFINOGENOV, M. (PPG, 10:58 in 3rd)


Fans gather outside the HSBC Center to cheer on their teams in Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals between the Buffalo Sabres and the Ottawa Senators on May 19, 2007 in Buffalo, New York.
(Photo by Rebecca Butala/Getty Images)


Dany Heatley #15 of the Ottawa Senators (not pictured) gets the puck past goaltender Ryan Miller #30 of the Buffalo Sabres as Jason Spezza #19 celebrates the goal during the second period of Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals against the Buffalo Sabres on May 19, 2007 at the HSBC Center in Buffalo, New York.
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)



Chris Drury #23 of the Buffalo Sabres falls to the ice after being hit in the third period against the Ottawa Senators during Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals on May 19, 2007 at the HSBC Center in Buffalo, New York.
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)


Daniel Alfredsson #11 of the Ottawa Senators celebrates scoring the game-winning goal past Ryan Miller #30 of the Buffalo Sabres during overtime in Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals on May 19, 2007 at the HSBC Center in Buffalo, New York. The Senators won the game 3-2 and take the series 4-1.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

[GLOVESAVE35]

Sabres just didn't capitalize on their chances when they got them.

[DropThePuck]

Ottawa Senators swarm teammate Daniel Alfredsson, of Sweden, after he scored the game winning overtime goal against the Buffalo Sabres to win the fifth game of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals hockey action in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday, May 19, 2007. The Senators won the series and will advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)


Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller (30) is comforted by teammate Maxim Afinogenov (61), of Russia, after losing 3-2 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators in the fifth game of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals hockey action in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday, May 19, 2007. The Senators won the series 4 games to one.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)


Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller congratulates Ottawa Senators goalie Ray Emery after the NHL hockey playoff game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday, May 19, 2007. The Senators won 3-2.
(AP Photo/David Duprey)


Ottawa Senators defenseman Wade Redden skates with the Prince of Wales trophy after the Senators defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in game 5 to win the NHL Eastern Conference final series 4-1 in Buffalo on Saturday May 19, 2007.
(AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)

[Dutch Duck]

I'm not superstitious or anything, but I'd be just a little irked if I were an Ottawa fan.

Alfredson carried the Prince of Wales Trophy.

Bad omen?

Wow! I really like the pictures of a team celebrating the conference championship. Let's hope the next pictures are of the Ducks. I don't think touching the Prince of Wales Trophy is a bad omen. Stevens carried it too in 2003. Besides Yzerman carried the Clarence Campbell Bowl in 2002 and won the Stanley Cup!

[Duckette]

NHL on NBC/Versus...losers

I agree. Their commercial for the Ducks/Wings series said "The Duck stops here."

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BEING UNBIASED!?!?! SO FREAKING URRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mR. BlUe]

GOOD. Now the Ducks will have home ice

Good thinking.

[Duck304]

GOOD. Now the Ducks will have home ice

If we can get past these redwings.

[DropThePuck]

Complaints about the lack of NBC coverage of overtime can be directed to:

Brian Walker, Director - Communications, NBC Sports
Phone: (212) 664- 5533
Fax: (212) 664-6365
Email: brian.walker@nbcuni.com

[Loz]

I'm not superstitious or anything, but I'd be just a little irked if I were an Ottawa fan.

Alfredson carried the Prince of Wales Trophy.

Bad omen?

Wow! I really like the pictures of a team celebrating the conference championship. Let's hope the next pictures are of the Ducks.

I'm hoping it will be our Ducks!

Well done to the Sens though but would have liked the Sabres in the final.