Preds And Stars Both Hold On, Force Game 7s
The words “game” and “seven” don’t really mean too much on their own. But when you put them together, something beautiful happens. Something magical happens. Your heart starts to flutter and your penis starts to tingle. And thanks to the Nashville Predators and Dallas Stars last night, who were both facing elimination, we’ll get our fix of Game 7s in both Western Conference series. We’ll start with the Preds v Sharks game since it was the more exciting of the two last night and there’s a good chance you didn’t get to watch it since the NHL fucking sucks and decides to put playoff games on CNBC.
It was starting to look like the Sharks finally figured out how to catch a Predator early in the game after taking a 2-0 lead in the 1st period. But then the comeback was initiated and if there’s one thing that San Jose can take away from this game, it’s that they’re probably going to want to put a body o Ryan Johansen in Game 7.
Before I say what I’m about to say here, let me just make it clear that I think Seth Jones was a great return for the Blue Jackets for Ryan Johansen. I think that trade worked on both ends and there was noclear winner or loser. With that being said, the Blue Jackets will either pick up Patrik Laine or Jesse Puljujarvi with the 3rd pick in the draft this year. Just imagine if they had Ryan Johansen around to center whichever one they get. As a division rival fan, I couldn’t be happier the Flyers don’t have to face that 4 times every season. You’re not going to stop Johansen with a stick. You need to get a body on him or else, as exhibited here, he’ll make you look like a fool. So the Preds tie up the game at 2 a piece but would again fall behind after resident stoolie Logan Couture put the Sharks up 3-2. But then here come the Pesky Preds to tie up the game again with a little tic-tac-toh my god
Now here’s where things started to get just a little worrisome. Because the last time this series went to overtime, it took 3 more periods before Mike Fisher gave the Preds the win. For all the normal people in the world who are living on Eastern Standard Time, that’s a pretty aggressive bedtime. Lucky for all of us here in the East, however, the Preds weren’t interested in hanging out much longer and Viktor Arvidsson (ever heard of ‘em?) picked a pretty dece time to get his first goal of these Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Don’t get me wrong, that backhand was pretty Crosby-esque. But Martin Jones may want to find himself a hole to crawl in after that one. While the Predators and Stars were the biggest winners of the night, the biggest loser was the glove hand of both losing goaltenders. Because now we make our way on over to Stars v Blues which was pretty much the complete opposite of this game.
More like Brian Smelliott, in my opinion. The Preds had to dig themselves out of a 2-0 hole early in the game, meanwhile the Stars had built them up a nice little 3-0 cushion in the first period. Which leads me to believe that this gif of Ken Hitchock will always be relevant.
Now you can’t really put the 2nd Stars goal on Brian Elliott but the 3rd one of the night again went to his glove and again he looked like he was doing his best Marc-Andre Fleury impression.
Where’s Julie The Cat when you need her? Elliott got yanked and the Blues would cut the lead to 3-2 thanks to this filthy feed from Jori Lehtera
But in the end, St. Louis blue it. Darren Rovell thought that joke was funny. Caps vs Pens game 6 tonight. Stars vs Blues game 7 tomorrow. And Sharks vs Preds game 7 on Thursday. Life is good, people.