- Colin Greening was the hero for Ottawa last night, scoring the OT winner to cut the Penguins series lead to 2-1. After Sidney Crosby scored a hat trick in game two, the Senators were able to shut him and Evgeni Malkin down, neither of them recording a point. They also were able to stop the vaunted Pittsburgh power play, which went 0-6 on the night. Credit also to goalie Craig Anderson, who was amazing in making 49 saves for the double OT win.
- The Bruins were able to get to Ranger's goalie Henrik Lundqvist, putting five past the netminder in a 5-2 victory. It was the first time Lundqvist had allowed more than three goals in these playoffs, and also the only time he's been scored on five times all season long. He can't take all the blame though, as his defense in front of him, particularly Dan Girardi (-4) and Michael Del Zotto (-3) were woeful in their coverage. Brad Marchand, rookie Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron and playoff leading scorer David Krejci all put up two points for Boston. The Bruins now lead two games to none as the series shifts to New York.
- One bright spot for the Rangers in the game last night: Rick Nash finally got his first of the post-season. It's only the second career playoff goal for the former Rocket Richard Trophy winner, the first coming way back in 2009.
- This news is a bit old, but it's new to the blog, so I'll talk about it. King's goalie Jonathan Quick, who normally has a pretty relaxed demeanor, was fined $200 and awarded a game misconduct for abuse of officials. After allowing the OT winner in game three against San Jose, Quick apparently had some harsh words for referee Wes McCauley . The fine and misconduct after the final whistle could be grounds for a suspension, but that seems unlikely.
- Does anybody think that $200 is hardly a deterrent and frankly a ridiculously small amount for today's NHL players?
- Sweden won the IIHF World Championships on home ice, defeating the upstart Swiss team 5-1 to take gold. I'll have a full recap of the WC up soon on the blog.
- And finally, as part of the WC celebrations, four more players were named to the IIHF Hall of Fame: Canada's Paul Henderson, Sweden's Peter Forsberg, Finland's Teppo Numminen and Canadian female star Danielle Goyette.
That's all for now everybody. As many of you may have noticed, I took a little break from blogging to celebrate my birthday, but I'm back to the regular schedule now and hopefully lots of updates. Don't forget to comment and share if you like the content here at WAAP. Look for that WC recap post up soon, and I'll also be back later tonight with a preview of tonight's game. Until then, please enjoy your morning gif, Krug's goal from last night, which opened the scoring for Boston. Beautiful little between the legs move there to receive the pass:
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