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[Dark Knight]

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

Detroit at Nashville
Pittsburgh at Ottawa
NJD at NYR

[Still MIGHTY]

GO
GO
GO... (because I hate Avery)

[GLOVESAVE35]

Go Nashville, Ottawa (just because I can't stand all the hype about the Pens), and NJ!!!

[Ducksrule08]

ewwww i hate sean avery...this guy should be kicked out of the NHL. I hate watching him play in this game right now

[GLOVESAVE35]

1-0 Nashville according to a highlight I saw. I hate back to back games on VS because you never get to see the start of the 2nd game.

EDIT 2-0 now

[DropThePuck]

TSN's Ice Chips:

Corey Perry, out since March 6 because of a torn quadriceps, appears likely to play in Game Four on Thursday night. - Anaheim Ducks
Ducks rookie Bobby Ryan was scratched for Game 3 after going scoreless in the first two games. Center Brian Sutherby returned to the lineup after sitting out Game 2. Defensemen Marc-Andre Bergeron and Joe DiPenta have yet to play in the series. - LA Times
Ducks right wing Rob Niedermayer did not play in Game 3 Tuesday night because of concussion-like symptoms that put his status in doubt for the rest of the series. - LA Times
Rookie right wing Bobby Ryan and defencemen Marc-Andre Bergeron and Joe DiPenta were healthy scratches on Tuesday.

After a mental error that helped cost the Avalanche Game 3 of its playoff series with Minnesota, Jeff Finger was benched for Game 4 on Tuesday night by coach Joel Quenneville. He was a healthy scratch, while Jordan Leopold made his first appearance of the series. Quenneville changed up his lines to start Game 4. Ryan Smyth was moved up to a line with Paul Stastny and Milan Hejduk, and Cody McLeod took his spot on the third line. Wojtek Wolski was dropped to the fourth line and Peter Forsberg skated with Joe Sakic and Andrew Brunette. - Denver Post

Defenceman Sergei Zubov, who had a recent procedure in Germany to address lingering problems with a sports hernia, skated for the first time since the operation. Zubov was on the ice in sweats Monday, but Tippett said there is no real update. - Dallas Morning News

Increasingly it looks as if Kirk Maltby won't be ready for this first round of the playoffs. The hamstring injury that has kept Maltby in the trainer's room instead of on the ice is getting better, but Maltby will likely run out of time. - Detroit News

Mark Streit (foot) did not practice on Wednesday, taking the day as therapy day... Head coach Guy Carbonneau had no update on captain Saku Koivu's X-ray on his injured foot... The Canadiens called up G Yann Danis, D Pavel Valentenko and forwards Matt D'Agostini, Duncan Milroy, Kyle Chipchura and Corey Locke (April's AHL Player of the Month). - TSN

Bryan Murray is juggling his lineup for the fourth straight game as he will put the Spezza-Heatley-Alfredsson line back together. The last time Ottawa won four straight this season was January 4-12. The Senators will be looking to avoid its third sweep in franchise history. - TSN

Flyers defenceman Kimmo Timonen, who suffered a bruised right shoulder in the second period of the Flyers' 6-3 victory over the Washington Caps Tuesday night, expects to play in Thursday's Game Four at the Wachovia Center. - TSN

Gary Roberts, dealing with a sore groin, and Ryan Malone, who has administered and absorbed considerable punishment in the Penguins' first-round playoff series against Ottawa, sat out the team's practice at Scotiabank Place Tuesday. Coach Michel Therrien said he expects Malone to be in the lineup when the Penguins and Senators meet in Game 4. He declined to speculate on whether Roberts, who is listed as day to day, will be in uniform. - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
The last time the Penguins swept a series was in the 1992 Stanley Cup Final versys Chicago. The Penguins have been up 3-0 twice since then and have lost Game 4 both times, wrapping up the series the following game. The last team to come back from a 3-0 deficit were the '75 Islanders. That series was against the Penguins. - TSN

[Dark Knight]

Pittsburgh at Ottawa 3-1; Ottawa is the first team to be eliminated, swept.

[GLOVESAVE35]

The sweep of Ottawa is complete.

[Dark Knight]

FINAL SCORE: NJD at NYR 3-5 (NYR leads 3-1)

Detroit at Nashville 0-2 at the end of the first... Nashville trying to get things evened up...

[Ducksrule08]

hey hey goodbye sens

[UltraDavid]

Ottawa's first round was on its death bed in early December and dead when Alfredsson and Fisher went out, they just needed a team to seal it. Good job, Pittsburgh, hope you get a better opponent in the next round.

[GLOVESAVE35]

3-1 Nashville in the 2nd

EDIT: The Wings switched goalies when I wasn't looking...OsSuck in net now.

[Dark Knight]

Nashville playing Detroit really tough...

[GLOVESAVE35]

Detroit scores. 3-2 Nashville now. Datsyuk from Holmstrom.

[Dark Knight]

In the immortal words of the new Bud commercials: "Dude..."



Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, of Sweden, reacts to media questions following his teams 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins during game four of NHL Stanley Cup first round hockey playoff action at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Wednesday April 16, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

[ladiesandgentlemen]

In the immortal words of the new Bud commercials: "Dude..."


DUD

Fixed the caption...

[Dark Knight]

Well, that too...

[GLOVESAVE35]

About 2 mins left in the game...go Nash!!!

[Still MIGHTY]

Osgood trying to get the the bench

The Preds wont let him

EN 45 secs

[GLOVESAVE35]

2.3 seconds left!!! Wild n crazy stuff.

Detroit with a TO

[Still MIGHTY]

Offsides... 3.2 secs left

Preds win 3-2!!
Series tied 2-2

Wow... Look at Nashville.
A team that no one was even sure that they would be in Nashville at the end of this year, and they're tied up 2-2 against the #1 seeded Detroit Red Wings

[GLOVESAVE35]

Nashville wins!!!!

Can't wait to see what the Dead Things have to say for themselves.

If Nashville can do it, we can do it. I believe! GO DUCKS!!!

[ladiesandgentlemen]

Ottawa's first round was on its death bed in early December and dead when Alfredsson and Fisher went out, they just needed a team to seal it...

Amazing... who'da thunk after the start they had?

Personally, I'd be disgusted if I were a Sens fan... hell, I am disgusted.

After seeing how that franchise has handled adversity, I've lost my respect for them. They play the victim, they complain about everybody else, and it's never their fault. Bryan Murray has devolved into a sniveling whiner.

[DropThePuck]

3 - Malkin, E. (PPG, 01:40 in 2nd), Ruutu, J. (15:28 in 2nd), Crosby, S. (19:52 in 3rd)
1 - Stillman, C. (10:31 in 2nd)

"Watching the team, like everbody has brought up a thousand times, we looked like we had a promising season ahead of us," Murray said. "We just didn't play over the course of the latter part of the year the way we had been playing."

<NHL.com recap>



A fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins shows his expectation of a sweep over the Ottawa Senators after the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 2-1 lead in the second period of game four of the 2008 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals on April 16, 2008 at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Canada.
(Photo by Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images)


Ottawa Senators' Anton Volchenkov, of Russia, slams into Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury during the second period of game four of NHL Stanley Cup first round hockey playoff action in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)


Martin Gerber #29 of the Ottawa Senators makes a pad save while teammate Anton Volchenkov #24 battles with Ryan Malone #12 of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the edge of the crease during game four of the 2008 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals on April 16, 2008 at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Canada.
(Photo by Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images)


The Pittsburgh Penguins shake hands with the Ottawa Senators after a four-game sweep and a series victory in their 2008 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals on April 16, 2008 at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Canada.
(Photo by Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images)

[DropThePuck]

3 - Elias, P. (00:31 in 2nd), Elias, P. (PPG, 06:58 in 2nd), Mottau, M. (04:37 in 3rd)
5 - Gomez, S. (PPG, 12:37 in 1st), Straka, M. (02:53 in 2nd), Drury, C. (12:39 in 2nd), Staal, M. (16:47 in 3rd), Gomez, S. (19:47 in 3rd)

Marc Staal scored his second straight game-winner. This time he did it into the right net.
...
"You couldn't get much lower than last game. To silence 20,000 people is not a good feeling," Staal said of New York's 4-3 home loss in Game 3. "This is unbelievable to get them back on their feet."

<NHL.com recap>



Sean Avery #16 of the New York Rangers crashes into Martin Brodeur #30 of the New Jersey Devils in game four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 16, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Rangers defeated the Devils 5-3.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


New York Rangers' Fredrik Sjostrom, of Sweden, stands on the ice after suffered a cut while interfering with New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur during the second period in Game 4 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Wednesday night, April 16, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Sjostrom received a penalty for goalie interference. The Rangers beat the Devils 5-3 and lead the series 3-1.
(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)


Paul Mara #27 of the New York Rangers hits John Madden #11 of the New Jersey Devils in game four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 16, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Martin Brodeur #30 of the New Jersey Devils sprawls on the ice after being knocked over by Jaromir Jagr #68 of the New York Rangers in game four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 16, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Rangers defeated the Devils 5-3.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)