NHL 2013/ 2013 Season

Yea, The Sharks are definitely battling....

2nd overtime!! Have we had any 2nd overtimes so far this season??? Or is this the 1st?

^ Good to see the Sens take one from the Pens.  I'm hoping the Sens goal that tied the game late in the 3rd is a morale breaker for the Pens, would love to see Sid and the girls get knocked out of the playoffs.

Chicago at Detroit tonight, it will be interesting to see how both teams respond after the last game (great effort by Detroit, lackluster effort from Chicago).

^ If I remember correctly Detroit played a lackluster game in Detroit after taking Game 2 against Anaheim.  For them to beat the Blackhawks tonight they have to avoid this type of let-down.  I have a feeling Chicago is going to come out of the gates firing on all cylinders.

My prediction:

Blackhawks  5
Red Wings  1

Scoreless game so far. Hawks can do some damage but the Wings are exactly a pushover either. They'll give them a good fight. I can see this series going the distance.

Man the Red Wings are holding their own... up 3-1 against the blackhawks....

Originally posted by shwazy ^ As a King fan I guess you have to root for the Wings.

Originally posted by sideways99 ^ If I remember correctly Detroit played a lackluster game in Detroit after taking Game 2 against Anaheim.  For them to beat the Blackhawks tonight they have to avoid this type of let-down.  I have a feeling Chicago is going to come out of the gates firing on all cylinders. My prediction: Blackhawks  5 Red Wings  1

Okay, I was off by just a bit... lolz...  Obviously I expected the Blackhawks to come out of the gates flying and run up the score last night, didn't happen. 

Regarding the post about Chicago losing their mojo, IMO I do not think so.  They will rebound and come back strong on Thursday.  Chicago hasn't faced much adversity this season, this series is really testing their mettle.

Now onto tonight's games.  My wild and inaccurate predictions:

Boston 3   NYR 2 (OT)
SJ 3  LA 2

Yep, same score for both games.

Don't count the wings out yet. Everyone underestimates us because the team was so bad in the beginning of the season due to half the team never having played in the NHL before. There are still some rough patches, especially with the defensive turnovers, but the team is playing with high energy and tenacity while it looks like Chicago just wants to ride their natural talent.  Frustration is really setting in on Madison, 2 goals in 2 games and Toews is looking as cold as Chris Perry in round 1.  Detroit's forecheck has been killing the normally stoic Chiciago defense, and the Wings absolutely DOMINATED the faceoff circle in game 3.  It's OK if nobody believes in this team yet, because I love when they prove everyone wrong.  This is the first time in a long long time that the Red Wings haven't had the pressure of extremely high expectations, in fact there are no expectations because they weren't even supposed to be in the playoffs, and that can only help a roster of young players.  I know the defense makes a lot of bonehead plays, and people tend to see that and write them off, but trust me these guys make a lot of great plays too, and they are helped defensively so much by the heavy backchecking of a forward core taught in practice by the greatest 2 way player in the game, Pavel Datsyuk.

Man the Kings are flat footed tonight! Go Sharks!!

Boston somehow is able to grind out a win taking a 3-0 lead. I think it's safe to say that this series is over. Rangers are pretty running on fumes at this point.

^I agree. Really thought the Rangers would've put up more of a fight and give the Bruins a challenge. Their big names haven't shown up at all.

Man the Sharks came out firing...that is the most dominated I have seen the Kings in a long time in that first period.  Kings really played well in 3rd which is important coming back home to Staple center.  We have the two best home teams doing what they should do and that is win at home.  Thursday is going to be crazy rocking.

Several weeks after our son began his freshman year swg credits at Alma College in Michigan, my husband and I decided to visit him. I was careful to call him a few days in swg gold advance to "warn" him that we would be coming. When we arrived at the dorm, however, I was taken aback by the disarray of his room. "Forgot we were coming, didn't you?" I teased.
"Are you kidding?" he replied, "Why else would Lotro Gold I have bothered to clean?"

There have been some bad calls this post season but the quick whistle that took a goal away form the Kings was one of the worst.  Niemi did not have control of the puck (obviously, otherwise it would not have trickled over the goal line).  That was a lousy call.

That is the most dominant period I think I've ever seen the Sharks play. Joe Thornton was a BEAST!

The Kings are starting to look really beat up... The St. Louis series was a really heavy hitting series and it's showing.

Originally posted by magichc The Kings won't lose at home, after almost coming back in the 3rd period, they are gonna come out ready. Our crowd will support them