Yes, that's right: a 3-team blog entry! I've got quite a bit to cover, so I'll just start with the NHL playoffs first...
On Wednesday, the Montreal Canadiens played against the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final matchup in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Montreal displayed a stiffling defense and held Boston off the scoring sheet in terms of goals, winning 2-0. The Habs picked up those goals by way of key player Brian Gionta. Mind you, Boston did outshoot Montreal 31-20, but goaltender Carey Price was man enough stop all threats that came his way. Montreal is 1-0 in the series because of the win. Here's the recap. Game 2 is tonight in Boston at 7 PM. The game can be seen on TSN. Also, the Vancouver Canucks played Game 2 of their first round vs the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia (in Canada). This game was a far cry from the 2-0 opener that Vancouver won earlier. All in all, 7 goals were scored between the two teams, with Vancouver winning 4-3 to take a 2-0 series lead. Daniel Sedin - brother to teammate Henrik Sedin - scored 2 goals and had an assist in the game. Jannik Hansen and Alex Edler were the other Canucks who scored for Vancouver. Ben Smith scored two for Chicago and Victor Stalberg also scored for the Blackhawks. What made this game interesting was the fact that Vancouver allowed Chicago to come within one goal 3 separate times making for a queasy finish if you're a Canucks fan. However, Vancouver didn't panic and managed to come away with the win. Here's the recap.
Speaking of not panicking, it's time to focus on the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. After a dramatic comeback victory in Seattle thanks to Jose Bautista's 3-run home run, the team travelled to Fenway Park in Boston to take on the struggling Boston Red Sox. This game started out unexpectantly with Adam Lind hitting what appeared to be a 3-run home run in the top of the 1st inning. Initially, the umpires had signalled the hit to be legit and the ball to be fair, but after review, they found that due to the makeup of the foul territory in Fenway Park, the run had to be disallowed and thus the call was changed. As a result, it was a scoreless tie after that top half of the inning ended. The other interesting thing about the game was the shakiness of the Toronto bullpen. Casey Janssen allowed Boston to score 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to mae the game 7-6 in favour of the Jays, but Jon Rauch restored the order in the 9th to get the save and a Blue Jays victory. Boston also had scored the first 3 runs of the game to go ahead in the 3rd inning. That was off starter Brett Cecil. All in all, it was a "bend and don't break" game for the Jays. Here's the recap. The Jays are playing Game 2 RIGHT NOW. It started at 12:30 PM and it will be seen on Rogers Sportsnet.
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