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[Dark Knight]

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

Montreal at Boston
Columbus at Detroit
Calgary at Chicago

[play puck]

Montreal @ Boston 1-3
Columbus @ Detroit 2-4
Calgary @ Chicago 3-2

GO DUCKS

[Dark Knight]

Montreal @ Boston 1-3
Columbus @ Detroit 2-4
Calgary @ Chicago 3-2

GO DUCKS

I think you wanted to post this in the prediction thread But I got it ...

[DucksFan2035]

The Detroit Red Wings begin their title defense on Thursday night against the upstart Columbus Blue Jackets. If you live in the greater Detroit area, and have a couple hundred dollars burning a hole in your pocket, you can still find seats in Joe Louis Arena. There are so many seats available, in fact, that the Red Wings actually reached out to their opponent's fan club in an effort to fill the building. What the heck is going on in Hockeytown?

The Ticket Crisis In Hockeytown

[Barmy Army]

I think I'll cheer for a Boston, Columbus and Chicago win this evening.

[DropThePuck]

TSN's Ice Chips

Defenceman Francois Beauchemin had been effective playing with Scott Niedermayer before his knee injury and head coach Randy Carlyle left open the possibility that the two might be reunited tonight. - LA Times

Practice Lines

Forwards:
Ryan - Getzlaf - Perry
Christensen - Ebbett - Selanne
Miller - Marchant - Niedermayer
Brown - Nokelainen - Parros

Practice Lines

Forwards:
Axelsson - Savard - Kessel
Recchi - Bergeron - Kobasew
Lucic - Krejci - Ryder
Wheeler - Yelle - Thornton

Defence:
Chara - Ward
Wideman - Montador
Stuart - Hnidy

Goaltender:
Thomas
Fernandez

Spares:
Bitz, Ference

Goaltender Matt Keetley was recalled from Quad City of the American Hockey League today. - Media Release

Tuesday's Practice Lines

Forwards:
Bourque - Jokinen - Iginla
Cammalleri - Langkow - Bertuzzi
Glencross - Conroy - Moss
Peters - Lundmark - Nystrom

Defence:
Leopold - Phaneuf
Pardy - Aucoin
Vandermeer - Eriksson

Goaltender:
Kiprusoff

Winger Patrick Sharp was on the ice with his teammates for the second day in a row yesterday. The veteran said he's still unsure whether he'll play tonight after missing the final five regular-season games with a left knee injury. - Chicago Tribune

Projected Lines vs. Flames

Forwards:
Havlat - Toews - Kane
Burish - Sharp - Versteeg
Byfuglien - Ladd - Brouwer

Rookie center Derick Brassard (shoulder) did not receive medical clearance from a Cleveland Clinic doctor to resume contact drills. Winger Fredrik Modin (knee) is expected to play tonight for the first time since March 5. - Columbus Post-Dispatch

Winger Marian Hossa (groin) confirmed he is ready to go for Game 1 tonight. - Detroit News
Centre Dan Cleary, who he left Tuesday's practice with a lower-body injury, says he will be healthy enough to play tonight. - Associated Press

Practice Lines

Forwards:
Tanguay - Koivu - Kovalev
A. Kostitsyn - Plekanec - D'Agostini
Latendresse - Lapierre - Kostopoulos
Higgins - Metropolit - Laraque

Defence:
Hamrlik - Komisarek
Schneider - Brisebois
Gorges - Dandenault

Goaltender:
Price
Halak

Spares:
S. Kostitsyn, Stewart, O'Byrne, Weber

Practice Lines

Forwards:
Kunitz - Crosby - Guerin
Fedotenko - Malkin - Sykora
Cooke - Staal - Kennedy
Dupuis - Talbot - Godard

Defence:
Orpik - Gonchar
Gill - Scuderi
Eaton - Letang

Goaltender:
Fleury

Practice Lines

Forwards:
Marleau - Thornton - Setoguchi
Michalek - Pavelski - Clowe
Moen - Goc - Cheechoo
Shelley - Roenick - Grier

Mattias Ohlund and Pavol Demitra did not practice on Thursday. Ohlund had a "mild" case of the flu, and Demitra blocked a shot off the leg and had a maintenance day. - TSN

[Todrick]

Bruins up 1-0

Price mistakenly thought he covered the puck... Kessel made him pay



scratch that... Bruins up 2-0... Krecji from Lucic & ryder

5:18 left in 1st

It is shocking how similar the Bruins are to the 07 Ducks!



Wow... Crazy game... 2-1 Higgins

3:30 left in 1st



Price is getting lucky...

He's giving up some ridiculous rebounds

[Todrick]

I have no idea why this game is not a nationally telivised game... It's fantastic!

[Dark Knight]

Detroit makes it 1-0 late in the second, Columbus ties it 52 secs later.

[Dark Knight]

Detroit comes back and makes it 2-1...

Detroit gets a PP and scores immediately ... it's 3-1 late in the second.

[ahtikullervo]

won 4:1.

won 4:2.

[oatesfan]

Bruins Won!! I love the Boston/Montreal rivalry... Nothing better than two original six teams going at it in the playoffs!

GO BRUINS!!

[Dutch Duck]

Chicago beats Calgary 3-2. Havlat ties it up late in the third and scores the gamewinner 12 seconds into OT.

[DropThePuck]

Higgins, C. (16:19 in 1st), Kovalev, A. (17:37 in 2nd)
Kessel, P. (13:11 in 1st), Krejci, D. (14:41 in 1st), Chara, Z. (PPG, 11:15 in 3rd), Kessel, P. (EN, 19:46 in 3rd)




Montreal Canadiens right wing Alexei Kovalev (27) and a Boston Bruins fan battle over possession of Kovalev's stick, which popped through a photographer's shooting hole in the glass, during the closing minute against the Boston Bruins in a first-round NHL hockey playoff game Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Boston. The Bruins beat the Canadiens 4-2. The stick broke, with both men ending up with part of it.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)


Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas keeps an eye on the puck as Montreal Canadiens center Tomas Plekanec (14) tries to control the puck while being defended by Bruins center Patrice Bergeron during the third period of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Boston on Thursday, April 16, 2009.
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)


Boston Bruins center Stephane Yelle (18) gets tangled up with Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price as Price puts a stick on the puck in the second period of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Boston on Thursday, April 16, 2009. Yelle was called for a penalty on the play.
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)


Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas (30) covers the puck before Montreal Canadiens center Glen Metropolit (15) can reach it with his stick in the first period of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Boston.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

[DropThePuck]

Umberger, R. (11:40 in 2nd)
Hudler, J. (10:48 in 2nd), Ericsson, J. (14:21 in 2nd), Kronwall, N. (PPG, 15:09 in 2nd), Franzen, J. (02:54 in 3rd)


The pregame is shown before the Columbus Blue Jackets-Detroit Red Wings first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Detroit, Thursday, April 16, 2009.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)


Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jakub Voracek, of the Czech Republic, lands on Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood in the second period of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Detroit, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Voracek was given a penalty for goalkeeper interference.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)


Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood (30) stops Columbus Blue Jackets' Rick Nash's shot as Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom looks on in the first period of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Detroit, Thursday, April 16, 2009.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)


Columbus Blue Jackets center Manny Malhotra (27) and Detroit Red Wings Johan Franzen (93), of Sweden, collide in the second period of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Detroit, Thursday, April 16, 2009.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

[DropThePuck]

Moss, D. (08:38 in 1st), Cammalleri, M. (03:54 in 3rd)
Barker, C. (13:17 in 2nd), Havlat, M. (14:27 in 3rd), Havlat, M. (00:12 in 1st OT)


Calgary Flames' Anders Eriksson, right, of Sweden, battles for the puck against Chicago Blackhawks' Niklas Hjalmarsson, also of Sweden, during the first period of a first-round NHL Western Conference quarterfinal hockey game, Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)


Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane, bottom, is checked by Calgary Flames' Rene Bourque during the second period of a first-round NHL Western Conference quarterfinal hockey game, Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)


Chicago Blackhawks' Andrew Ladd (16) celebrates after Martin Havlat's winning goal as Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff (34), of Finland, Jordan Leopold (40) and Dion Phaneuf, right, react during overtime of a first round NHL hockey playoff game, Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)


Chicago Blackhawks' Martin Havlat, left, of Czech Republic, controls the puck against Calgary Flames' Rene Bourque during the third period of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)