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Now we’re talking playoff hockey

After yesterday’s NHL games you can’t tell me you don’t like hockey.

So me, you, and everyone else were thinking the Islanders were finished, right? They’re playing the top-ranked Sabres, they looked like crap in Game 1, it was just a matter of time. But no, the team from Long Island has proven us all wrong. Last night the Isles came out swinging and took a 2-0 lead over mighty Buffalo in the first period before Toni Lydman managed to stop the bleeding. But it was Rick DiPietro who gave New York a chance to win by stopping 24 shots on goal.

We all may have also been thinking that the Penguins were going to go down quickly after they got smoked by Ottawa in Game 1, but low and behold Pittsburgh too surprised everyone yesterday. Looking like a totally different team, the Pens jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Ryan Whitney goal in the first, and then needing some scoring in the final period they really stepped on the gas. Old man Gary Roberts scored a power play goal to knot the game 2-2, then the young buck Jordan Staal tied the game again with help from Roberts and Michel Ouellet. But in the end who scored the game winner? Who else but Sid the Kid; Crosby scored an amazing goal with an assist from Evgeni Malkin and Mark Recchi.

Yeah, you can’t tell me you weren’t stung by hockey fever yesterday, so don’t even try to deny it. Luckily we’ve got more great action today as the Flames try to turn it around against Detroit, the Pens and Sens take their show to The Igloo, and Vancouver and the Stars get their Game 3 on in Dallas.

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