A Watched Pot Never Boils...

Three games tonight that are critical to the Capitals, and waiting for at least one of them (if not more) to turn out the way we need... if I'm this nervous, I can't imagine how Bruce Boudreau must be feeling!

I find it irritating that DirecTV is blocking the Flyers game(especially as it's a sellout), but I'm working around that by listening to XM, flipping between Hurricanes/Panthers and Senators/Bruins, and watching the gamesheet for Hershey/Binghamton. I can't say this is the way to take a close look at any particular team, but at least I can keep up with the scores real time.

(As of this writing, Fla 2, Car 1; Bruins and Senators scoreless; Phl 1, Njd 0; Bears 1, Senators 0.)

How to Almost Lose a 7-1 Game

Montréal has done a superb job of trying to lose a game in which they were leading 7-1 at the beginning of the third period... after a fabulous 40 minutes of hockey in which some of the unusual suspects scored (e.g., Bouillon with his second, Kostopoulos with his sixth), the Habs came out in the third period absolutely flat both offensively and defensively. Whatever we can say positively about the offensive output, however happy we are that the Habs have clinched a playoff berth, the Habs need to take a close look at how they completely fell apart 20 minutes from the end, so we don't repeat this experience.