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Went awkwardly into the boards trying to beat a Ducks player to the puck.

more than anything, just make sure you get the puck deep.

I think he has been too. In general I don't think Jimmy is one to embellish much, but he definitely did there and has been tonight.

Nyquist is having a good game so far.

Quincey with the nice defensive play again.

Flip! you're still in my doghouse but glad you scored!

cogliano gave a heckuva whack to Howard's arms and shoulder.

Not quite the same velocity and shot placement. It's still a good play though.

actually yes, that would've been good too. Hope for the juicy rebound off the pad to the open side. Hiller was practically on his post. Nyquist had no chance short side.

Normally I think the Wings need to shoot more, but Nyquist should've passed.

Kindl points for Brunner to take the guy down the wing, then proceeds to cover no one himself.

Getzlaf Ryan Perry against the 3rd line.

It's weird how every once in a while Abby channels a great goal scorer and finishes with moves like that.

The crosscheck didn't look like much, but Winnik did go to the lockerroom. Seems unlikely he'd go as far as missing shifts to sell a call.

Ice cold for sure. In 6 games he has 1 G and 1 A, both on the PP. That's the same production as Brendan Smith. And his were even strength.

So do the Pens give Fleury another shot? Or stick with Vokoun? My vote would be Vokoun until he falters.

Game 7 is tomorrow. Wow. At least they don't have much travel.

I didn't see the whole game but from what I saw it sure looked like it.

48 seconds left. caps down 1-0. Lundqvist getting shelled but doing a great job battling. Rangers Caps going to 7 and there's a melee at the end. Gotta love playoff hockey!

It's surprising to me how many people are defending this awful play on what turned out to be the GWG. If this were Crosby it would be a 500 page thread about it. Something about Crosby's whiny personality that gets him more grief than he probably deserves, whereas Ovechkins allows him to get away with a lot less criticism than he deserves. There's no need for quotes around it, he clearly gave up on this play. Even coasting from center ice he managed to get within 10 feet of the guy taking the winning shot. Can you imagine if he even skated at half speed back into his zone? He very likely could've broken up the play or at least gotten a stick on the puck to challenge the shooter. If the Caps don't advance and people are trying to figure out what their issue is, they should just play that clip in an endless loop. Even if he gives maximum effort 95% of the time, it's the 5% that's the difference between winning and losing in the postseason. That that happened with the captain makes it even more of a joke. EDIT: and it's not like he's scoring to make up for, which according to some people is apparently his only job? He has 1 goal and 1 assist in 6 games. Mikael Samuelsson has 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games, makes $6.5 million less than Ovie, and actually backchecks.

after giving him so much time and so many chances to see what kind of player he could develop into, I just hope the Wings don't end up losing him for nothing.

So what's your point? Even guys who are prolific divers often don't have diving penalties. The refs so rarely call it. Or they call it unsportsmanlike conduct, not diving. Crosby deserved that reputation early in his career, but he is hardly one of the worst offenders.

No. How many?

Last season was evidently not a breakout year but an anomaly. He's 29 years old on his 7th season in the NHL. Most other seasons he ends up around 15 goals and a 35-40 point guy, and will likely continue to be that at best. The screw up on the goal the other night is especially irritating because one of the positives of Flip's otherwise unremarkable play is that he's a dependable two way forward who doesn't do dumb things like that.

Z pointed out that he has more hair on his chin than Getzlaf has on his whole head.