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Somehow, for the Philadelphia Flyers, it all has to converge at Wachovia Centre tonight (8 p.m., CBC, NBC, RDS) – team, town, tenacity, truculence, together – and if it does, they believe, it will be too much for the Chicago Blackhawks to handle.
And the sun will come up tomorrow, and there will be a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final on Friday.
Sounds good, in theory.
But just in case, here is one other theory they figure it can't hurt to throw into the pot: the Cup is in the building for Game 6.
And the team that can close it out tonight with a victory – Chicago – knows it. Knows how close it is, can almost taste it … but knows also, if only subconsciously, that it doesn't really, absolutely, have to be tonight.
Even the prospect of an end to a 49-year Stanley Cup drought is no match for human nature.
The gulf between desperate and merely eager is a mile wide. Or that's what head coach Peter Laviolette will be telling his Flyers, using personal experience from Carolina's Cup-winning 2006 season. The Hurricanes had three chances to close it out, and squandered the first two. They went into Edmonton, leading the final series 3-2, and were blown out 4-0.
It could happen to Chicago. Hint, hint.
"It was nauseating. I went back to the hotel room in Edmonton and I almost threw up," Laviolette said yesterday.
"To be close, to have an opportunity … Game 5 wasn't much better. We were winning, they tied it up late. We went on the power play in overtime and they scored a shorthanded goal in our building with the Cup being polished out back."
Chris Pronger saw that Carolina failure to close the deal in Edmonton from the other side.
"Yeah, I think it's a motivating factor," the big Flyers rearguard said. "You're on home ice. They have a chance to clinch. You don't want to see that in your building, and you want to get to a Game 7. You want to have an opportunity to win it. That's the biggest thing.
"At the end of the day, we're here to win a Stanley Cup. We need to get two wins to do it. But you have to get one before you get two."
Reminders are all around them. Ville Leino, the 26-year-old Flyers forward, lived the crushing letdown last year with Detroit, when the Wings blew 2-0 and 3-2 series leads and surrendered the Cup on home ice to Pittsburgh. He remembers how the Cup was close enough to taste, and he believes the Hawks can taste it now.
"Last year was a tough time," Leino said. "You just want it to be over with. You want to be winning and raising that Cup. It's something you try to block out, but it's still there. It's not very easy to shut it out. It's going to be there. Hopefully, it's going to be a little bit of an advantage to us."
Laviolette, whom his players describe as an impressive speech-maker and motivator, said he has no Knute Rockne-style, tub-thumper planned for tonight, but you can bet he will remind the Flyers how the home team refused to let the Cup be presented to the bad guys in 2006.
He has already pointed out that the Penguins wrote the blueprint the Flyers now must follow, if they're to win the Cup.
"I do look for those type of things. Historical precedents," Laviolette said. "I think part of your job as coach is trying to motivate and get your team to believe in things – and there's no question we've talked about that situation. I mentioned the Carolina situation in the past. We've talked about what our team has been through. You talk about winning championships. You see them happen year after year.
"But our championship that we're pursuing is special. Maybe more so than others, if you look at how we had to get here and what we had to do to get our hands on that thing.
"I mean, you keep fighting for it. One thing this team really has proven is that they're capable of fighting. We'll be ready to do that (tonight)."
If it's any comfort to Chicago fans, the Blackhawks are aware of the dangers of over-eagerness.
"I'm just going to prepare the same way I prepare for every other game, and maybe pay a little bit more attention to the details," said Tomas Kopecky, another of the victimized Wings of a year ago.
"You can't look ahead way too much in front of you. Just focus on the little things and the little battles. That's when the big things are going to come."
One big, shiny thing in particular, they hope.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Flyers+will+play+desperate/3129250/story.html#ixzz0qOmnTlzY
Montreal’s game plan against Philly – Live NHL Hockey Flyers vs Canadiens
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PHILADELPHIA - If the Montreal Canadiens are to continue their unlikely run in the Stanley Cup playoffs, they want to wear down the Philadelphia Flyers top-four defencemen, move the puck swiftly out of their own end and win the special teams battle.
The Flyers' top-four defenders - Chris Pronger, Kimmo Timonen, Braydon Coburn and Matt Carle - each average more than 24 minutes of ice time in the playoffs. Pronger has played a team-leading 29 minutes and 39 seconds.
Because Pronger and company play so much, the Canadiens will try and chip the puck past the Flyers' defence as much as possible and make the Flyers blue-liners work as much as possible.
In their own end of the rink, Montreal wants to move the puck smartly and efficiently out of their end in order to avoid Philadelphia's physical forecheck.
"I think they will be a more physical team [than Washington and Pittsburgh]," Canadiens forward Tom Pyatt said. "They will finish their checks. But we plan to use our speed and get them running around and tire them out."
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FREE ONLINE NHL LIVE STREAM TV – Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
The Montreal Canadiens forced a game 7 in their first round series against Washington by winning the game 6 of that series from the Bell Centre. That is exactly the situation the Habs will find themselves in tonight when the puck drops at 7pm ET.
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Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins Game 6 Preview – Watch NHL Online
Game time on Monday is at 7pm ET.
The Montreal Canadiens forced a game 7 in their first round series against Washington by winning the game 6 of that series from the Bell Centre. That is exactly the situation the Habs will find themselves in tonight when the puck drops at 7pm ET.
The Canadiens were unable to score against the Penguins in game 5 until very late in the game and only managed one goal in the contest. They received the kind of goaltending effort that they needed in order to stand a chance against Pittsburgh and so Habs backers have to be very disappointed that they were not able to come away with a win.
Betfair have Montreal at 2.56 (+156) to win straight up and you really have to like the value with those odds. Neither team has won back to back games in this series yet as it has gone back and forth throughout.
While Montreal are not a great home team they have done a fantastic job of shutting down Sidney Crosby and that is why Montreal are still in this series. Pittsburgh will need either him to steal the show offensively or Fleury to stand on his head in net in order to knock Montreal out tonight and this series looks as though it could go 7.
Recommendation: back Montreal straight up at +156.
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Game 3: Canadiens vs. Penguins – Watch Live NHL Hockey Online
Once again, the Canadiens are coming home with a playoff series tied 1-1, but they will try and avoid a repeat of the first round against the Washington Capitals, when they lost both games before their crazed fans.
Of course, we all know that turned out just fine in the end, but still, the Canadiens would much rather gain an edge over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference semifinal starting Tuesday night.
After a 6-3 loss in Game 1, Jaroslav Halak turned in a stellar performance and Michael Cammalleri scored a pair in a 3-1 win on Sunday afternoon.
Montreal will try and keep that momentum going on Tuesday night in Game 3, starting just after 7 p.m.
Source Habsinsideout
Game 2: Canadiens at Penguins – Time for Habs’ defencemen to step up
PITTSBURGH – Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin will be asking his other defencemen to step up and fill the gap left by the absence of Andrei Markov.
Martin confirmed Markov will not be available for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal against the Pittsburgh Penguins Sunday (2 p.m., CBC, NBC, RDS, CJAD Radio-800).
Markov, who suffered a lower-body (think knee) injury when he was hit by Matt Cooke in Game 1 Friday night, returned to Montreal to be examined by the team’s doctors. Martin said Markov is out “for an indeterminate period.”
Martin said he’s looking to Roman Hamrlik to regain the form at the beginning of the season when Markov was injured.
“We’re going to miss Andrei and I have to play better,” said Hamrlik, adding that the low point in his season, when he was benched in the third period of Game 5 in the Washington series.
P.K. Subban, Ryan O’Byrne and Marc-André Bergeron will also be asked to raise their games. None of the three were part of the defence corps when the playoffs opened in Washington on April 15.
Bergeron was in the lineup but was playing as a forward; O’Byrne was watching from the press box as a healthy scratch and Subban was playing for Hamilton in the American Hockey League playoffs.
Subban could be a crucial part of the Canadiens’ effort.
“He’s a young defenceman who brings some good elements because of his speed, mobility and his offensive skill. I think he can give us a hand,” Martin said.
Markov’s injury raised speculation that Jaroslav Spacek would return to the lineup. He has been out of the lineup since Game 3 with a mystery ailment. He was one of seven players who took part in an optional practice yesterday in suburban Southpointe and looked fit, but Martin said he wasn’t ready to play.
Markov wasn’t the only casualty in Game 1. The Penguins lost Jordan Staal when tendons in his foot were cut by Subban’s skate. Staal underwent surgery and head coach Dan Bylsma described him as day-to-day, but today is not one of those days.
Staal scored 21 goals in the regular season, but it will be easier to replace him than Markov, who is the Canadiens’ most reliable defenceman and the quarterback on the power play.
The Canadiens’ biggest challenge will be to negate the Penguins’ advantage on the power play. The teams were even in 5-on-5 situations Friday, but Pittsburgh scored four power-play goals.
Brian Gionta said the Canadiens’ priority will be to avoid penalties. If the Canadiens do find themselves shorthanded, they’ll have to adjust to an active Pittsburgh power play that used quick passes and player movement to create chances Friday.
Cooke has a reputation for questionable hits. Earlier this season, he sent Boston’s Marc Savard to the sidelines with a concussion. But the hit on Markov was the result of a hard, but clean, check.
“The forecheck is a big part of our game,” said Cooke. “If I get a chance to hit a guy, it wouldn’t matter if it’s him or anyone else, Hal Gill, I’d play it the same way. I think he saw me coming and tried to hit me back. I don’t know what happened but after the hit he got hurt. I don’t know what he injured.”
Bylsma said it was obvious the Canadiens were going to miss “someone who plays 26 minutes, but we’re concentrating on our team and what we have to do.”
Jaroslav Halak, who was the hero of the first-round upset win over Washington, surrendered five goals on 20 shots and was pulled in the third period Friday. Martin, who said he switched to Carey Price to change the momentum, said he would decide on his starter this morning, but expect it to be Halak.
With Markov out, Martin has an extra spot in the lineup and Mathieu Darche is expected to get the nod over Sergei Kostitsyn.
CANADIENS, CAPITALS MEET IN GAME 7 TONIGHT ON TSN
(Sports Network) – The Montreal Canadiens will be looking to shock the hockey world tonight at Verizon Center as they take on the top-seeded Washington Capitals in the decisive Game 7 of their conference quarterfinal series.
You can see the game on TSN and TSN HD at 7pm et/4pm pt.
The Capitals, who also won the Presidents' Trophy as the league's best team during the regular season, led this best-of-seven series three games to one, but have allowed the eighth-seeded Habs to force tonight's definitive battle.
"I think either team would have loved to have won it earlier, Game 7 is what it is. It's an exciting part of hockey lore," said Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau. "Heroes are made and goats are talked about on TSN on the highlight's for the next year so it's an exiting time for an athlete this is the position you want to be in."
After losing 2-1 on home ice in Game 5 on Friday, the Caps were dealt a 4-1 setback Monday evening in Montreal, forcing a seventh game. It is the fourth straight playoff series where the Capitals have gone to seven games. The last time the Capitals played a series that did not go seven games was 2003, they fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games in the opening round. The NHL record for consecutive seven-game series is five, set by Colorado from 2001-03.
The Capitals are 2-6 all-time in Game 7s and have lost two out of three times in this situation over the last two years. Washington lost to Philadelphia in the 2008 conference quarterfinals, then beat the New York Rangers in seven games during last year's opening round before bowing out to Pittsburgh in the East semifinals. The Caps held a 2-0 series lead over the Penguins last spring before dropping four of the final five contests.
Montreal has advanced after falling behind 3-1 in a series in recent memory, pulling off the feat against Boston in the 2004 conference quarterfinals. The Habs have won their last two Game 7s, also defeating the Bruins in a decisive game in the opening round of the 2008 postseason. Montreal is 11-8 all-time when a best-of-seven series goes the distance.
Jaroslav Halak and Michael Cammalleri were the heroes for Montreal in the Game 6 victory. Halak turned aside 53 shots, setting a club record for most saves in a regulation playoff game, while Cammalleri netted two first-period goals in the 4-1 triumph at Bell Centre.
Maxim Lapierre provided some insurance in the third period and Tomas Plekanec's empty-net goal sealed the win for the Canadiens.
It's hard to believe Halak was benched in Game 4 of this series, considering he has a superb .931 save percentage in five games during the set. Since being pulled in Game 3, Halak has stopped 90-of-92 shots sent his way.
"It could be different (the next game)," Halak said. "There may be some bad bounces, but I'll go out and try to do my best."
Eric Fehr spoiled Halak's bid for his first career playoff shutout with 4:50 left in regulation. Halak will get his first-ever start in a Game 7 tonight.
"Halak played really well for them," Fehr said. "We had a lot of great opportunities but we didn't cash in."
Washington was 0-for-6 on the power play and has scored just once on 30 opportunities with the man advantage in this series.
Semyon Varlamov, starting his fourth straight game after relieving Jose Theodore during Game 2, stopped 18 shots for the Capitals, who are in danger of sharing the same fate as last year's Presidents' Trophy winners. Like Washington, San Jose aced the regular season but failed the playoff test, losing to Anaheim in the opening round.
Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin failed to register a point in Game 6, marking the first time he was held off the scoresheet since the series opener. The Russian winger fired eight shots on net, but also had his goal-scoring streak halted at four games. Ovechkin has two goals and an assist in three career Game 7 appearances.
Meanwhile, Washington left winger Alexander Semin — Ovechkin's countryman — has been unable to help his team in this series after scoring a career-high 40 goals in the regular season. Semin, who has gone 13 straight playoff games without a goal, has just one assist in this series, despite firing 36 shots on net over six games.
The Caps, will not have defenseman Tom Poti tonight after he suffered an eye injury in Game 6. Poti, who will be replaced in the lineup by Karl Alzner, was leading Washington with a plus-nine rating in this series and was also second among the team's defensemen in average ice time per game.
Alzner, the fifth overall pick in the 2007 draft, was recalled from Washington's AHL affiliate in Hershey. The 21-year-old has skated in 51 career NHL games, but none in the playoffs.
The Canadiens could be without veteran defenseman Jaroslav Spacek again tonight after he missed the last two games with an unspecified illness. Montreal recalled defenseman P.K. Subban from Hamilton of the AHL and the 43rd overall pick of the 2007 draft notched an assist in his playoff debut. Spacek was third on the club with an average of 21 minutes, 47 seconds of ice time per game during the regular season. Head coach Jacques Martin said on Wednesday morning that Spacek would be a game-time decision.
The Habs and Caps have never faced each other in the postseason before this spring, but played a very tight season series this year. Each team won two games and only one of the four tilts was decided by more than one goal — a 4-2 win by Washington on Jan. 5.
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P.K Subban recalled for Game 6 – Montreal Canadiens
The Canadiens confirm the recall of defenceman PK Subban from the Hamilton Bulldogs for tonight's Game 6 vs. the Washington Capitals. Subban will participate in the morning skate but will not talk to the media afterwards, according to the team. The recall exhausts the Canadiens' call-ups for this season, as if that matters. Source HabsInsideOut
Montreal Canadiens Defeat Washington Capitals – Caps fan yells at tsn camera
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Jaro vs. José in goal tonight – Montreal vs Washington
To no one's surprise, Jaroslav Halak was announced as the starting goaltender for tonight's playoff opener against the Washington Capitals. The Caps will go with José Theodore, who escaped without serious damage by a David Steckel shot in practice. The Caps also said Nicklas Backstrom has recovered from the flu and is ready to go.
Source: HabsInsideOut
Odds stacked against Sens – NHL LIVE Hockey on CBC
The Ottawa Senators are ready for battle. The odds are stacked against them as they prepare to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in a playoff series for the third time in four years. The defending Stanley Cup champions aren't just going to roll over and die, but getting ready to open Round 1 of the playoffs at the Mellon Arena Wednesday, Ottawa players are confident they'll put up a good fight against the Penguins. The Senators were 2-2-0 against Pittsburgh during the regular season. Those numbers mean nothing right now, but the prospect of facing the New Jersey Devils wasn't something Ottawa players wanted. "I don't know if it's confidence, but this is a team we know pretty well," said Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson. "But, it's the same for both teams. They know us pretty well. It should be a good series. "Right now, we've got a good feeling about our game. We know this is going to be a tough challenge, but we also know this is going to be a fun challenge for us as well." Familiarity breeds contempt Eliminated in four straight by the Penguins in the first round in 2008, the Senators aren't trying to play the revenge card. Those days have long since past. But, if familiarity breeds contempt, there will be plenty between Ottawa and Pittsburgh. The Senators knocked off the Penguins in 2007 in five games on their way to the Stanley Cup final. This time, Ottawa is a much different team. Coach Cory Clouston is making his first playoff appearance. He swears he won't change his style. "Pressure? Nervousness? Not necessarily," said Clouston. "We feel we're prepared. We know what we have to do. We know what we have to expect from Pittsburgh. We knew we were going to have go through them eventually. It just happens to be in the first round." The Penguins have made back-to-back run to the finals. Last year, they were successful in Game 7 against the Red Wings. You have to laugh at the suggestion that Pittsburgh players are going to be tired this spring because of the long runs. "I like our guys in terms of being playoff-tested and playoff-proven in terms of how we need to play," said Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma. "We're going to be tested by the Senators, by a good team, and we're going to be under pressure. We need to get to our game against them playing their way as well. If we can … that's the measure of a good team." NOTES: The Senators won't be making any changes against the Penguins. Winger Alexei Kovalev (knee) is gone for the season while blueliner Filip Kuba is out with a back injury. There was some belief the Penguins might be without Matt Cooke after a hit from Evander Kane Saturday in Atlanta, but he appears to be fine. He took part in practice with D Brooks Orpik and LW Chris Kunitz. All three sat out the club's final game of the season against the New York Islanders. Bylsma said all three are game-time decisions … The Penguins signed backup G Brent Johnson to a two-year, $1.2 million US contract extension on the eve of the post-season. Johnson, 33, will be under contract with Pittsburgh through 2012-13.
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Canadiens' Jaroslav Halak makes a spectacular save on Islanders' John Tavares on Tuesday night. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Preview | Matchups | Thursday's NHL schedule | Boone's Game Blog and About last night … | Stubbs on Twitter | Hickey's game story One point. That is all the Canadiens need Thursday night against the Carolina Hurricanes to guarantee their spot in the playoffs. But as we saw a few days ago, earning one point, let alone two, agains the Hurricanes is no easy task for the Canadiens. Jaroslav Halak will be back between the pipes for Montreal despite a 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders on Tuesday night. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
Source: Habsinsideout.com
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