I smell a new rivalry! While the Rangers won Game 1 as expected, the drama ramped-up in Game 2. Matt Carkner defended his teammates from Brian Boyle by pummeling him and the Sens rallied around that. If your a pacifist, then the Sens rallied around what might have been a regular save by Anderson, I dunno, anything that wasn't the ass-whooping Boyle got. That game also featured Carl Hagelin elbowing Daniel Alfredsson in the head, causing a concussion. The Rangers came back in Game 3 with a shutout, then the Sens answered back with another overtime win, with a beauty snipe by Turris. The intensity was lifted again as Chris Neil nailed Boyle with a borderline hit (or if your a Ranger's head coach: A hit that followed the "Raffi Torres blueprint"). Either way, the Sens shutout the Rangers to take their first series lead and putting the heat on the Rangers. The Rangers (along with Alfie and Hagelin) came back in Game 6 to win, but it wasn't a normal win. The game ended with a controversial goal by Neil who pushed Lundqvist out of the way then "kicked" the puck into the net. The Rangers still won 3-2, but it still wasn't enough to satisfy Lundqvist, as he was the most irate anyone has seen him. Game 7 was tight for the first 2 periods, as the Rangers took a 2-1 lead. For most of the third, the Rangers went into shell mode and protected the lead when the Sens brought the heat. In the end, the Rangers held on to end what end up being a damn good series.
Games
Ottawa Senators 2
New York Rangers 4
Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)
New York Rangers 2
New York Rangers 1
Ottawa Senators 0
New York Rangers 2
Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)
Ottawa Senators 2
New York Rangers 0
New York Rangers 3
Ottawa Senators 2
Ottawa Senators 1
New York Rangers 2
Three Thoughts On The Series
- If you watched the suspension videos of Haglin and Carkner, you can tell Haglin was a makeup call for Weber. The Carkner suspension was reasonable (even though Boyle should have been the one suspended for turtling).
- To show it's not all Boyle-bashing around here, he was huge early in the series, scoring in the first 3 games.
- The reason for Ottawa's success during the season and playoffs: MacLean's Moustache.
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Play Of The Series
Remember last year when Marchand was punching Daniel Sedin in the head and people wondered why no one was coming to the defense of Sedin? Well Brian Boyle tried to do the same thing to Erik Karlsson. Enter Matt Carkner:
Thank you Matt Carkner. You should have been awarded a medal, not get suspended. And Boyle, unless you went to the Darius Kasparaitis school of fighting, be a man and defend your actions. You deserved that beating, the least you could do was defend yourself.
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