[11:46]Jamie Langenbrunner got his 2nd of the playoffs, that was the OT winner at 1:55 into the 2nd OT. Yahoo says Travis Zajac got the only assist, but I could have sworn they said it was Zach. Whatever. We won, that's good.
3 STARS:
#1- Marty (43 saves)
#2- Travis (because I said so)
#1- Jamie (game winner)
That was exciting. Well, good night.
[11:28]Oh joy, double OT. There goes my heart. Yeah, I know, I sound like an old lady. Whatever. I get more nervous than the players when it comes to OTs. So, let's have Gomer be the OT hero again so my heart rate can go down. I really don't care who scores the winner, as long as he's on the Devils. Like I said, pressure emery, and start beating him every time he covers the freaking puck. Seriously. Within 5 minutes, there must have been at least 15 face offsin front of him, because he covered everything. They should set a limit to how many times you can cover a period, and if you go over it, you get a penalty or something. Some of these guys are ridiculous. It's necessary sometimes, but when you're covering the puck just to save yourself from some rebounds, that's just lame. Catching the puck and all that is fine. But covering just gets obnoxious.
But what if they have to cover? Like, if they have no other choice? Simple. The refs can tell if it's necessary or not. I should totally work for the NHL. I'll rewrite the rules and everything. It'll be awesome.
[10:39]MARTY! What was that? Letting them tie it, are you kidding me? Me and your glove are over. UGH. Overtime now. I'm gonna have heart failure. I bet heatley is a child killer. And he threatened to kill Marty's kids if he didn't let them tie it. Yeah. If we don't win, I'm gonna burn Marty's glove. But if we had the EGG or ZZPop line out there, we would have gotten the empty netter. I bet you anything that would have happened. Or they wouldn't score. Either one would have worked. Now, I <3 style="font-style: italic;">cry. He should have gotten a prize for that!! I would have given him a prize. Yeah..our PK was pretty awesome. A SHG would have been nice, but, I'll take a good PK over that any day. Unless we're losing. Then I want the SHG. Eh. Marty was..what's the word? Oh yeah. Freaking awesome. But the ZZPop line was kind of..not bad, but not as awesome as usual. Oh yeah. White was in the box for boarding. Again, that was a nice hit. I would have given him a prize too. But we killed it off. Although I'd rather have White out on the ice hitting stuff, then have everyone else hitting stuff. Not really. I just wanted to say something with the phrase "White out" in it. Let me have my moment.
[9:15]Hey alfredson, guess what? You SUCK. Scoring on Marty is not legal. Next time that happens, you'll be hearing from me. And it won't be a friendly "hello." But I can't blame Jimmy Dowd. If he wasn't from New Jersey, then I could. I probably wouldn't, but I still could. Nice hit, Whitey. Almost as nice as that one Zubrus had on avery last night. That made me happy. And he was first star for that in my books. And jagr yelling at the Sabres' bench while he was on the ice was hysterical. He's a great captain, that's for sure. Every time I look while he's playing, he's making some dumb move. Captain of the year right there. And Marty's save right now just made up for that nasty goal. That's my boy.
And I want some biased announcers for us!! Doc, Chico, and Steve just don't cut it. Everyone else has biased announcers, why can't we?
[9:12]What was funnier: Marty taking his helmet off and yawning, or Zach still controlling the puck while on his knees? Ew, but Jimmy Dowd's in the box for slashing, so uh, they're on the PP.
[8:49]Aaaannnnnddd they score!! Sergei Brylin!! With .2 seconds left in the 1st, Sergei Brylin doubled the lead with an unassisted goal, and Patrik's accent seems to be less heavy or something. He sounds weird. Not weird, but different. Uhh, I had something else to say. Seriously. I'm not trying to waste your time..Oh yeah.Why is Emery covering the puck every freaking time it comes near him? He covered our last 6 shots. I'm not even kidding. Like I said, of course you're gonna be good if all 6' and 200 lbs. of you is covering that little puck. But, really, that doesn't make you good. It makes you seem good to people who only look at the stats, but to the people who watch, it makes you look bad, because it looks like you know you're so horrible that if you put it back out they're gonna score on you.
[8:44]Way to almost take Jamie's eye out, Shafer. Real nice. Are you gonna take Zach's arm off next? Eh, whatever. A double minor to him and with [roughly] 1 1/2 minutes, we'll most likely start the 2nd on the PP. Oh, and now a 5 on 3 to end this one, and start the next one. Let's go, guys!
[8:34]This is, by far, the craziest hockey game all season. I'm not even at CAA and I'm having heart failure over here! The rushes, the shots, the saves, the PK..man..We're "a very well oiled machine," to quote Chico.
So..Gionta should have been called for tripping about a minute before the last commercial. Rass is playing well. I told ya, he's more of a checking/fourth liner. Chico, Matvichuk is not like Scott Stevens. He's a hitting machine, but he's no Scott. I'm rambling now. Looking for anything to say..I can't believe this is still the first period. Yeah, maybe I should just go. No, just kidding. This is true, and not just something to say so I can sit here (my computer chair is much more comfortable than the couch): How many freaking times have we been off sides? I swear, every five seconds, it's like "We get a whistle on the play, and the Devils are off sides." And it's always when the EGG line's on. Eh, I'm gonna go.
[8:22]Barely 7 minutes in, and we've had:
A power play goal from Brian Gionta (Wrist shot from Patrik Elias and Scott Gomez).
A little action after Gomer was called for tripping (roughing and tripping for Gomer and roughing for some other kid).
Rafalski making a new friend.
Marty playing like..well, Marty.
Travis Zajac just missing the net thanks to that nasty post.
Some awesome scoring chances.
And some awesome Devils hockey.
