The Ducks played against Phoenix last night exactly as expected. Like crap.
But here’s the positive, the Ducks did get 2 points and Phoenix got 1, but they’re the least of the worries for the Ducks. Unfortunately, they’re going to have to play a heck of alot better on Sunday when they play this team again.
Apparently, they don’t know how to play defense once the clock drops below 3:00 minutes in the 3rd period. Not that they really bother to play defense any other time.
For five minutes tonight, I really thought …

Those Ducks sure do know how to keep you on the edge of your seat don’t they?
Standing and cheering with 1 minute left in the game, up by one and heading to the post season…the Ducks give up a goal with 13.1 seconds to send the game into overtime. That 1 overtime point was all that the Ducks needed in order to clinch a spot in the playoffs, but…
Man, what a buzzkill!
On the night, the Ducks looked a little rusty, kinda like they just had a 4 day break or …

Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere made his first appearance in seven games during Saturday night’s 5-4, shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena.
Giguere entered at the outset of the third period, after starter Jonas Hiller had surrendered four goals on 24 shots.
“It wasn’t going very well for Hiller — simple as that,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “Four goals — that’s what alarms me. Some of them he didn’t really have an opportunity — rebounds where we were lax on our coverage, but I didn’t really think he was …

A disappointing campaign in which Phoenix had expected to compete for a Stanley Cup playoff berth instead will end with a sixth consecutive failure to reach post-season play. … The Coyotes had appeared to be in solid position with a 24-19-5 record at the NHL All-Star break, but a 7-3 loss to the Ducks on Jan. 27 in Glendale began a 7-18-2 stretch that sunk Phoenix near the bottom of the NHL’s Western Conference. …

I’d have to say… last night was one of the more exciting nights of hockey we’ve seen this season. The games in New York and Boston especially had a playoff feel.
Montreal/Boston
Please, please, please meet up in the 1st round! Although the refs let that game get out of hand last night, those first 2 periods were awesome with all the scrums & fights. The Lucic take down on Komisarek was cheap, but classic. Those two for sure have a rivalry within the rivalry. Ryan O’Byrne’s scrum with Shawn Thornton was …