Hockey

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So, you think Henrik Sedin wants to win the Rocket Richard trophy? He had 4assists in the game against Calgary and now has 112 points. Ovechkin has 109 points, but he still has one more game to play.

Daniel Sedin had 3 goals and 1 assist in the game. He now has 85 points in 63 games! Can you imagine if he had played in all 82 games? He would likely be in the hunt for the same trophy that his brother is trying to get.

Steve Stamkos got his 50th goal today, tying him with Ovechkin for league-lead. They both play their last games tomorrow, as does Sidney Crosby who has 49 goals.

Tuukka Rask is leading the league in both Save Percentage(.931) and Goals Against(1.97). I wonder where Boston would be if they did not have him in the pipes for the majority of games this season?

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Originally Posted by shadows

Tuukka Rask is leading the league in both Save Percentage(.931) and Goals Against(1.97). I wonder where Boston would be if they did not have him in the pipes for the majority of games this season?

Boston would still be where it is today: on the Atlantic Coast, in eastern Massachusetts, in the northeast United States. Its coordinates would still be 42?21′28″N and 71?03′42″W.

The Boston Bruins are another story. Today they would away, playing the Capitals. Tomorrow, they would be back in Boston, cleaning out their lockers. After that, they would be traveling to disparate places around the country, and to Canada, and the Czech Republic, and Germany, and Finland to sit out the off-season wondering why Claude Julien kept playing Tim Thomas when Tuukka Rask was right there on the bench waiting to get in.

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Originally Posted by smc

Boston would still be where it is today: on the Atlantic Coast, in eastern Massachusetts, in the northeast United States. Its coordinates would still be 42?21′28″N and 71?03′42″W.

The Boston Bruins are another story. Today they would away, playing the Capitals. Tomorrow, they would be back in Boston, cleaning out their lockers. After that, they would be traveling to disparate places around the country, and to Canada, and the Czech Republic, and Germany, and Finland to sit out the off-season wondering why Claude Julien kept playing Tim Thomas when Tuukka Rask was right there on the bench waiting to get in.

Smart ass.

Well, the Bruins played well today(they rested Chara, along with other players). They beat the Capitals 4-3 in the shootout. Boudreau elected to not use his main guns in the shootout to allow players that have never really gotten a chance before(or not too many) to give it a go. Ovechkin was held pointless, and since this was his final game Henrik Sedin will now win the Art Ross trophy(I mistakenly called it the Rocket Richard trophy in an earlier post).

That also means he stays at 50 goals for the season. Steve Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning(50 goals) and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins(49 goals) have yet to play their games today, so there is a chance that Ovechkin would lose out on that trophy as well(I am pulling for Stamkos to win it, to be honest. I would also be happy if Crosby ended up winning it.).

The second period of the Rangers/Flyers game has ended. The Flyers have outshot the Rangers 30-13 so far and yet the Rangers are ahead 1-0. Bad time for the Flyers to run into a hot goalie!

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And the final team for the East is in. Congratulations to the...

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.Philadelphia Flyers! They won 2-1 in the shootout. They honestly deserved to win this game, and the score would have been a lot higher had it not been for the stellar play of Henrik Lundqvist in goal for the Rangers. The Flyers ended up out-shooting the Rangers 48-25(they had 18 in the first period!). Parenteau will probably end up being the goat for this game as it was due to his Interference penalty in the third period that allowed the Flyers to get the tying goal(the only one they got in regulation).

Now all that remains for the East is jockeying for playoff position.

It now looks like Montreal will face the Capitals in the first round(the Flyers and Habs both have 88 points but the Flyers have more wins). If only the Habs had won last night...

Boston solidified 6th and they will face either Buffalo, Pittsburgh, or the Devils. I am not certain who it will be at the moment.

Currently the Penguins are beating the Islanders 3-1 after 1 period of play and Buffalo holds a 1-0 lead over the Devils with about 13 1/2 minutes left in the second period. Whoops! Just as I am typing this, the Devils tied it at 1 apiece.

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Well, it is now official. Ovechkin has been punted from the race for the Rocket Richard trophy. Crosby has just scored his 51st goal of the season. The only other person that can match him is Stamkos, and he is currently being held pointless in his game.