Saturday was another day of surprises in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Both games played yesterday saw the favourites fall by the wayside with stunning loses.
The Flyers were first to go down with a crushing lose of 7-3 to the Bruins. Boston jumped all over the Flyers and never let up. Every half decent shot found the back of the net for the Bees and Philadelphia was half hearted in trying to stop the melt down. Tim Thomas was not nearly as good as he was against Montreal so there is hope for the Flyers for the rest of the series. The power forwards for the Flyers can only do so much though; the Flyers will need net minding to compete.
Vancouver was both lucky and unlucky in yesterday's match up with Nashville. They were lucky that someone else than the Sedins' showed up and unlucky that the Sedins' didn't show up. The Canucks led by Luongo played a strong defensive game and looked like they were going to sneak out of the building with a 1-0 victory. The Preds kept up the pressure and just before the end they managed to tie it 1-1 and that set the stage for OT and a 2-1 win for Nashville. This victory could be a momentum changer. Vancouver seems help bent on doing things the tough way. They let Chicago back into their series and now they seem ready to do the same for Nashville. Vancouver's coaching staff needs to wake up the stars on the Canucks and get them scoring goals. Vancouver was #1 in scoring during the season. They need to go back there if they want to win the Cup.
The pendulum is definitely in favour the Bruins and the Predators in their respective matchups. Their opponents will have to redraw the battle plans to keep up. Stay tune because this will be interesting to watch. Expect the unexpected in the 2011 Stanley Cup race.
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