okay... excitement aside...
Two absolutely sick periods by the canes results in three well deserved goals, and I'm sure if it wasn't Brodeur in net, the lead should've been 5 or 6-1 after two. Forechecking was excellent, Ward was great, Staal's line was great, PP had some grit even though we didn't score... Caused a lot of traffic around Brodeur, and kept our shots low so that he releases some juicy rebounds. oh man.
First ten of third nearly cost us this though. And that is not good, and I hope I won't see that again ever from my beloved Canes. What Maurice said to them after the second must be something like weather the storm and whitstand the pressure. That will not work when 5 of 6 defenders are offensive, and their defensive skills are limited. Ward was great but had no chance on the goals, I hope that was insightful, because those two goals could've killed us of, along with our playoff hopes and dreams.
However, the absolutely titanic goal by Jokinen 0.2 freakin' seconds left of the third period have to kill the Devils-momentum,as this serves as major motivation travelling back to New Jersey. What a sick playoff game. It doesn't get better than this.
GO CANES!
Elsewhere:
Pittsburgh puts stranglehold on Flyers with 3-1 win. They look terrifying this year, and might as well be Boston's true contender for the Eastern Conference Finals.
Detroit owns Colombus with 4-1 in Colombus' first home game in the playoffs ever. Things are looking though for Nash and company, as they have to win four in a row to go through to the semi's, which is highly unlikely.
Vancouver is looking for a clean sweep in St. Louis, and started of good with a 2-0 lead after one. However, St. Lous has bounced back, and it is now tied at two in the third.