Toronto, Nashville, Carolina, & Colorado win game 5
Toronto 2 – Boston 1 OT (Series Bruins 3-2) In an exciting up and down the ice game the Maple Leafs were pressuring and goaltender Woll was spectacular all night long allowing just one puck to get past him.
The Maple Leafs played without Awesome Matthews since the third period of the game prior, so Toronto poured on the shots outshooting Boston 12-2 in the first period and 22-12 after two periods and Bruins goaltender Swayman kept Boston in this game.
A great goaltender is fine but you have to score and Boston could not and Toronto scored quickly in OT and the Maple Leafs now have the momentum and home ice for game six looking to tie the series.
Carolina 6 – New York 3 en (Series Hurricanes 4-1) In the first period Carolina took 21 SOG, scored even strength, on the power play, and with a penalty shot for three goals while New York took four shots scoring once on the power play amassing the period’s 3-1 score.
In the second period the Islanders scored twice to tie the game at three but the Hurricanes scored twice in eight seconds before the third period was five minutes old for the 5-3 score, the eventual empty netter, the game, and the series.
Colorado 6 – Winnipeg 3 en (Series Avalanche 4-1) Winnipeg looked good early scoring first and eventually tying the game 3-3 early in the third period but could not overcome the two goals scored in just four minutes before the third period was half over by Colorado taking the 5-3 lead.
The eventual empty netter sealing the Jets fate with two seconds remaining as the Avalanche move on by scoring 5 or 6 goals every game this series and Winnipeg could only muster one game with an offensive output of more than three goals.
Nashville 2 – Vancouver 1 (Series Canucks 3-2) Both teams scored their first goal of the game within four minutes of each other during the first half of the third period and the Predators Mr. Carrier scores the game winner with a slap shot seven minutes left in the game.
One more game of scoring only one goal and Vancouver will not be able to stop Nashville from tying this series Friday night.
Tonight’s Matchups
Dallas versus Nevada (Series ties 2-2)
Los Angeles versus Edmonton (Series Oilers 3-1)
Buffalo Winter 
The Playoff matches are proving just how important goaltending is, which we already knew of course, and, interestingly, how a netminder during the regular season who is a Vezina Finalist can end up not coming through during a playoff series, which is mindboggling to me but goes to show they are human and not crank em up stopping machines.
That is a run-on sentence.
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Your funny, run-on sentence, when I studied at the University level I was told my sentences could be no more than 50 words and I have endeavored to reach that plateau on numerous occasions and have become somewhat of a run-on sentence champion myself, lol. (46 words)
Goaltending is great to have, but offense wins hockey games for example when my boys had arguably the greatest goaltender on the planet in Mr. Hasek during the 1999 Cup Finals and failed to win the Cup.
Just observe how the Avalanche scored 5 or 6 times each game in beating the Jets, Colorado lost their Cup winning goaltender to Seattle and who they have in net now is not a Swayman or Hasek.
I enjoy writing run-on sentences even though it goes against the grammar police policy of insisting that I do not.
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Forty-six words, just under the wire. :)
Truer words were never spoken, offense wins hockey games. I wish the Maple Leafs would score more than a couple of goals more than their opponents per game so that I could actually sort of relax watching games.
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