Oh man Cam Ward what a sick sick man you are. Very entertaining match against the Devils tonight. Both goalies were outstanding, yet Cam got the better of his idol in the end. And how lovely was that. We recorded our sixth win in a row, and I am really starting to believe in this as we play stellar in every game.
Anyway, the Devils got a late first period goal after an odd man rush. We got of to a slow start, but in the second we completely took over the show. Or, Brodeur did. What saves. I honestly thought he would get away with that shutout. We started the third furiously and peppered the net, and eventually Samsonov got one in late. Even later, Ruutu scored a PPG and we snapped their 11-game homestreak and extended their losing streak to five. No, we don't break losing streaks anymore.
Brodeur stopped 46 shots, and some of them were just spectacular. Ward stopped 31 and kept us in the game with sprawling dives and even glove save with the back turned. Awesome game indeed. I should probably add that we were lucky not to get a penalty during the last seconds as Babs pulled out the oldest trick from the book and silently poked a Devil in the skate with his stick without getting called.
Otherwise, crazy game up in Toronto. 7-5 Boston as we speak. Flyers bounce back to win against the Isles which was not very cool at all. Especially when they were down by two. Freakin Habs are tied with the Slugs at the moment, and God I hope they lose. Pitts beat the Rangers earlier today, which is an acceptable result for us. I hope Avery cried.
I have honestly started believing that we might make the playoffs now. We have been awfully consistent during the last stretch, snapping streaks, getting our PP going, and even Ward has been fantastic for 24 consecutive games. Now we have four days off, so we'll see how the standings turn out after that stretch, and take it from there.
GO CANES!