Even Alanis Morrisette singing the national anthems wasn't enough to nudge the Sens to victory in the pivotal Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight.
With yet another 1-goal win, Anaheim now has a 3-1 lead in the series, heading home with a chance to wrap it up. The momentum swings were unbelievable tonight, with Ottawa dominating the first period and then getting smoked in kind in the second. The Sens' two goals each came late in a period (less than 2 secs left in the 1st, around 2:00 remaining in the 2nd), and two of the Ducks' three arrived bang-bang in a 1:00 stretch of the 2nd period, both by the same player (McDonald?)
Ottawa's facing the daunting stat that says that Eastern Conference teams have an abysmal record of 1-7 when facing elimination this year, with Buffalo's Game 4 win to avoid a sweep at the hands of Ottawa counting as the lone successful avoidance (short-lived, though it was).
Tonight was also Anaheim's 12th 1-goal victory this playoff year, according to Hockey Night in Canada, tying the record held by the Ducks themselves, in 2003, as well as the too-lucky-for-words 1993 Montreal Canadiens.
And finally, I forgot to mention on Saturday night, when Ottawa won Game 3, that now we all know it to be true: the Rangers were the winners of the only sweep in the 2007 NHL Playoffs! How awesome is that!? (Especially after being the first ones out of the 2006 Playoffs, getting swept by the Devils.)
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