Sunday, April 13, 2008

So Much For Home Ice Advantage

The Rangers/Devils series is now 2-1 NYR, with all 3 games so far having been won by the road team. I know that the respective arenas are only about 15 miles apart, but still!

Tonight's 4-3 overtime loss was obviously disappointing, but all 3 games have been tight (despite a 4-1 final in Game 1) so I guess it was only a matter of time before we either got a Devils victory or an overtime game (or both, as it turned out). New Jersey's a good enough team that this may steal the momentum back for them, whereas had the Rangers prevailed, it would've been 3-0 and that's an awfully tough deficit for any team to overcome. I guess now it's a series, regardless of how much I'd hoped maybe it wouldn't have to be after the first 2 games. Oh well.. the Rangers made the playoffs and are playing well so far, and that's about all I can ask for.

Nice to see that the Bruins have similarly prevented the possibility of a sweep in their series! Boneman is probably celebrating, especially since tonight's win over Montreal is his team's first since 2006! (That series has now had all 3 games won by the home team, the opposite of what's happening in NYR/NJD.)

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