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[Dark Knight]

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

Boston at Montreal
Nashville at Detroit
Calgary at SJS

[GLOVESAVE35]

Let's go !!!!

[Still MIGHTY]

Franzen scores for Detroit
0 - 1 13:00 left in 1st

One goal for each of the Kostitsyn brothers in the first 2:02 of the first period
0 -2 14:00 left in 1st

[Still MIGHTY]

Gah! I knew we should've kept him...
Hnidy scored for Boston (8:34)
1 - 2 9:39 left in 1st

[DropThePuck]

1 - Hnidy, S. (08:34 in 1st)
4 - Kostitsyn, S. (00:34 in 1st), Kostitsyn, A. (02:02 in 1st), Smolinski, B. (05:16 in 2nd), Kostopoulos, T. (07:24 in 3rd)

Carey Price also made his playoff debut, stopping 17 shots for the Canadiens, who won all eight regular-season meetings between the two longtime rivals.

"It was really loud out there, as usual," the 20-year-old rookie said. "You could hardly hear yourself think and you almost don't have enough time to be nervous."

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The Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins stand for the national anthems during Game One of the 2008 NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at the Bell Centre April 10, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
(Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)


A fan cheers on the Montreal Canadiens as they face the Boston Bruins during Game One of the 2008 NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at the Bell Centre April 10, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
(Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)


Shawn Thornton #22 of the Boston Bruins defends along with teammates Dennis Wideman #6, Zdeno Chara #33 and Marc Savard #91 as Alex Kovalev #27 of the Montreal Canadiens skates into the offensive zone with teammates Andrei Kostitsyn #46 and Tomas Plekanec #14 during Game One of the 2008 NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at the Bell Centre April 10, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
(Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)


Boston Bruins' Jeremy Reich is taken out by Montreal Canadiens' Roman Hamrlik, of Czech Republic, in front of Canadiens goaltender Carey Price during the first period of Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal hockey playoffs in Montreal on Thursday, April 10, 2008.
(AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Paul Chiasson)

[DropThePuck]

1 - Tootoo, J. (17:47 in 2nd)
3 - Franzen, J. (05:58 in 1st), Zetterberg, H. (06:54 in 3rd), Zetterberg, H. (19:41 in 3rd)

The Detroit Red Wings called it a fortunate play. The Nashville Predators claimed it was questionable call.
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"I think it was a lucky bounce," said Zetterberg, who added an empty-net goal with 19 seconds left. "I think it hit the ref and went straight to my stick.

"That's the kind of bounces you need in the playoffs. We had them with us tonight."

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Jordin Tootoo #22 of the Nashville Predators lays a hit on Dallas Drake #17 of the Detroit Red Wings during game one of the 2008 NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals on April 10, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)


Johan Franzen #93 of the Detroit Red Wings tries to get to the puck between Dan Ellis #39 and Ryan Suter #20 of the Nashville Predators during game on of the 2008 NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals one April 10, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)


Dan Ellis #39 of the Nashville Predators watches a shot by Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings get past him with Pavel Datsyuk #13 looking on in game one of the 2008 NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals on April 10, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 3-1.
(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)


Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood (30) congratulates goalie Dominik Hasek (39), of the Czech Republic, after Detroit's 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 1 of the NHL Western Conference quarterfinal hockey playoff series in Detroit, Thursday, April 10, 2008.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

[DropThePuck]

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2 - Pavelski, J. (04:56 in 2nd), Mitchell, T. (PPG, 18:09 in 2nd)

"I was very upset about the officiating," Calgary coach Mike Keenan said. "I'll share those thoughts with the league and with the supervisor of the officials. I can't comment on how it affected my players. We had a good first period, and then there was a total imbalance in the second."

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San Jose Sharks right wing Mike Grier (25) falls over after getting into fight with Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf (3) in the first period in Game 2 of an NHL hockey Western Conference playoff series, Thursday, April 10, 2008, in San Jose, Calif.
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)


Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff (34), of Finland, blocks a shot by San Jose Sharks left wing Ryane Clowe (29) in the second period in Game 2 of an NHL hockey Western Conference playoff series, Thursday, April 10, 2008, in San Jose, Calif.
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)


Calgary Flames right wing Owen Nolan (11) is unable to score past San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov (20), of Kazakhstan, in the third period in Game 2 of an NHL hockey Western Conference playoff series, Thursday, April 10, 2008, in San Jose, Calif.
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)


The Calgary Flames bench looks as fans cheer behind them in the closing seconds of a loss to the San Jose Sharks in an NHL hockey Western Conference playoff series in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, April 10, 2008. San Jose won 2-0.
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

[Dutch Duck]

"I was very upset about the officiating," Calgary coach Mike Keenan said. "I'll share those thoughts with the league and with the supervisor of the officials. I can't comment on how it affected my players. We had a good first period, and then there was a total imbalance in the second."

How can Keenan be upset about the officiaing? Calgary won game one on a questionable call... You win some, you lose some.