GhostofPotvin29
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CarltonTheBear said:
To add to this discussion: https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/what-we-learned--why-the-penguins-are-in-trouble-125747961.html
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To add to this discussion: https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/what-we-learned--why-the-penguins-are-in-trouble-125747961.html
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Pittsburgh blew a 3-0 against Ottawa including giving up a goal with less than 2 minutes left in the game and then lost in OT.
Fun times coming down the stretch.
Pittsburgh has clinched the tiebreaker against Ottawa based on ROW.
If Ottawa wins out and Boston doesn't win another game in regulation, Ottawa holds the tie-breaker by virtue of a better head-to-head record. Ottawa and Boston played 5 times with three games played in Boston. Once you throw out the 1st game in Boston Ottawa went 3-1-0 against the Bruins while the Bruins finished 1-1-2 over those 5 games.
It's going to be a really interesting finish.
| Rank | Team | Games Left | Points | |||
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 96 | |||
| 8 | Boston | 3 | 95 | |||
| 9 | Ottawa | 2 | 95 |
Fun times coming down the stretch.
Pittsburgh has clinched the tiebreaker against Ottawa based on ROW.
If Ottawa wins out and Boston doesn't win another game in regulation, Ottawa holds the tie-breaker by virtue of a better head-to-head record. Ottawa and Boston played 5 times with three games played in Boston. Once you throw out the 1st game in Boston Ottawa went 3-1-0 against the Bruins while the Bruins finished 1-1-2 over those 5 games.
It's going to be a really interesting finish.
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Kings lose to the Oilers.
Potvin29 said:
Wow. They play Calgary on Thursday. I don't think a loss there would mathematically eliminate them but it'd put their odds extremely low.
edit: Winnipeg plays Thursday too, if they beat Colorado and Calgary beats LA that's it for the Kings. Who would have thought that the Oilers would be the team to cripple LA's playoff chances.
I never really got the "Canadians cheering for Canadian teams" thing. I'd rather Winnipeg miss out, mostly because their fans are annoying as hell. Calgary and Ottawa I really don't care that much about. Wouldn't mind seeing Calgary miss because otherwise we'll have to hear another offseason about how some team "beat" analytics, and Ottawa missing would be funny since the Leafs would have played a large role in that.
Potvin29 said:
I just saw now that the Kings started Jones instead of Quick last night. That's the 2nd time a team desperately trying to get into the playoffs started their back-up in the 2nd game of a back-to-back recently. Pittsburgh did it too against Philly and they lost that one as well. Greiss/Jones might not have been the primary reason they lost those games, but it's still a bit surprising to me that they didn't try to ride their starters here considering the situation that they're in.
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CarltonTheBear said:
It's extremely strange when you look at his stat line and see that he has played in 70 of their 80 games this year. Only one of those games was coming in for relief. He has only been pulled in a start 3 times all year. If you have no problem riding him into the ground, why stop when it matters. This was a playoff game for them. Was Jones the reason they lost? That's impossible to say but giving up 3 goals on 21 shots to a bad Edmonton team certainly doesn't support the claim that it was the right call.
The first goal was a deflected point shot and rebound goal. The second goal was a great shot on a partial breakaway. The 3rd goal was a very unlucky bounce off the end boards that hit the side of the net and went right on the stick of the Edmonton player who roofed a shot. In theory there was a chance to stop the 2nd and 3rd goals with better positioning/anticipation but that's a pretty hard sell to blame him.
But the decision overall was just a strange one. The time to give Quick a rest was a month ago, not when there are 3 games left in the season and you are sitting outside the playoffs. I'm glad that LA is finally going to suffer the consequences of being a mediocre regular season team.
L K said:
It's almost like they thought that this would be an easy game for them, so they gave Quick the night off. From the game reports I've seen it looks like the entire team may have taken the night off too. Definitely not the type of game you'd expect from a team as desperate as they should be.
L K said:
*twitches*
I won't get into that again.
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CarltonTheBear said:
I know you said you don't want to get into it, but I only reply for clarification. I don't mean it in the sense that I think LA is a team that intentionally coasts during the regular season and just turn it on later. I mean it more from the standpoint that I think LA is overall a very overrated team that gets more credit than it deserves for being one of the best teams in the league. They have some exceptional players and a lot of mediocrity wrapped around a decent system that stifles offense.
L K said:
I won't get into that specific issue, but LA's an interesting team to talk about. I do wonder if their window of dominance is starting to close. Guys like Brown and Richards were once effective at what they were, but they're on the decline now and still carrying hefty cap hits. Kopitar and Carter are exiting their prime scoring years. Gaborik's best years are also behind him. Voynov might be a disgusting human being but he was still a very good defenceman for them. They finally replaced him with Sekera but I don't know if he'll want to stick around or chase money on July 1st.
Granted, getting
Peter D. said:
Crosby has him beat in pts/game, but yeah Seguin would have been 2nd by a decent amount.
Meanwhile the Bruins were shutout last night by the Capitals and are barely clinging onto the final playoff spot in the East.
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Ottawa beats the Rangers 2-0
Boston loses to Florida 4-2
Things keep getting more interesting down the stretch.
LA is a period away from being eliminated from the playoffs too as Calgary is up 2-0.
Boston loses to Florida 4-2
| Rank | Team | Games Left | Points | |||
| 3M | New York | 2 | 98 | |||
| 3A | Detroit | 1 | 98 | |||
| 7 | Ottawa | 1 | 97 | |||
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 96 | |||
| 9 | Boston | 1 | 95 |
Things keep getting more interesting down the stretch.
LA is a period away from being eliminated from the playoffs too as Calgary is up 2-0.
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Pens about to lose again.
Potvin29 said:
Had just 5 defencemen in the line-up because of injuries. They still control their own fate though. A win against Buffalo tomorrow clinches a playoff spot.
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