The Boston Bruins improved to 10-1 against the Montreal Canadiens this season with a 2-1 overtime win at home tonight. More importantly, they pulled the playoff series to 2-1. Marc Savard got the game-winner 9:25 into the the first OT.
The New Jersey Devils also got a victory in extra time to pull within 2-1 in their series with the Rangers. John Madden scored 6:01 into OT for the Devils. Sean Avery kept his goal-a-game average going for NY wit ha Power Play tally in period two.
After blowing a two goal lead on Friday, Martin Biron made sure this one stayed safe. Biron stopped all 24 of Washington’s shots for a 2-0 win and his first career playoff shutout.
R.J. Umberger and Jeff Carter both scored for Philly which heads home for Games 3 and 4 with the series even. Randy Jones and Sami Kapanen returned for the Flyers after missing Game 1 and Jeff Schultz returned to the lineup for the Caps.
Defending Champion Anaheim dropped Game 2 on their home ice and has to travel to Dallas down 2-0. After being tied at the end of 2, Mike Modano got a PPG five minutes into the third and both Loui Eriksson (His second of the series) and Brad Richards had a goal and an assist in the final frame.
Jere Lehtinen also scored his second of the series and Mike Ribeiro had a goal and two assists as Dallas showed that the Ducks’ “home-ice advantage” was not all that advantageous .
Anaheim’s two semi-retirees recorded points as Teemu Selanne scored on an assist from Scott Niedermayer and Ryan Getzlaf. Travis Moen had the other Ducks goal.
At this point you have to wonder if Anaheim wishes it had Ilja Bryzgalov back just to try and switch things up. Jean-Sebastien Giguere has now allowed 9 goals in two games.
