Last night I capped off the comeback against the Sabres with 4 wins in a row winning 4 games to 2. Ryan Miller was incredible throughout the entire series.
In last nights game the Sabres jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with a sweet goal by Dimitri Kalinin. Afiniganov fed him from the corner, he strafed to his right and fired a rocket over Tim Thomas' glove. The period ended with only that goal being scored.
In the 2nd I got a real crappy goal to tie the game up. Guerin threw the puck on net which Miller stopped but the rebound came out to Brian Campbell. He tried to sweep the puck out of the crease but hit his defensive partner in the leg and the puck deflected in.
But the Sabres got that one back a minute later when Derek Roy slid home a nice fat rebound after some horrible defensive coverage on my part.
I had many chances in the 2nd, outshooting the Sabres 14-9 in that period but we would go to the 2nd intermission down 2-1.
Both teams came out flying in the 3rd with both goalies making some excellent stops. I was starting to sweat because there was less than 5 minutes left and I had thrown everything at Miller who continued to make highlight reel saves. One of them was on a great chance by Kessel. He got in alone made a great deke to his forehand but Miller recovered and dove across the crease to make a spectacular save on a sure goal.
But the combo of Bergeron and Guerin (deadline deal) would not be contained forever. I got the puck in deep and Brad Boyes was able to recover the puck in the corner. He cycled it to Bergeron who skated back near the blueline. Guerin broke for the net and I saw an open seam to hit him with a pass, which I did. Receiving the pass so close to the net I had to make a quick move to my forehand and then my backhand and roofed the puck under the crossbar. It was a phenomanal goal. I watched it in replay about a dozen times (to which my wife labeled me a geek for doing so).
The game would stay 2-2 despite some great efforts by the Sabres. Afiniganov was a beast this entire series (finished with 5G, 3A) and he made me nervous everytime he touched the puck in my end.
However, inOT I got another crappy goal in the first minute off of a Bergeron shot. The puck, again, deflected off of a couple of legs and skates and slid past Miller for the series winner. Just like a real playoff OT goal.
It was cool to see my teammates jumping on each other and then shaking hands with the opposing teams. I thought it was really cool to have some of the players even talk to each other during the handshakes. It was a nice touch added by EA. Good job.
Now I'm on to play the Senators. Should be a good matchup.
One other thing on how eerily realistic this game is. I checked around the league to see where the other series' were at and the Wings got upset in the 1st round to Vancouver in 5 games. How many goals did Datsyuk score? 0. He had only 1 assist in the 5 games and was a -4. It's spooky how real to life this game can be.
P.S. Bill Guerin has been a beast for me in the playoffs. He scored 7 goals and 1 assist in the 6 game series.
In last nights game the Sabres jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with a sweet goal by Dimitri Kalinin. Afiniganov fed him from the corner, he strafed to his right and fired a rocket over Tim Thomas' glove. The period ended with only that goal being scored.
In the 2nd I got a real crappy goal to tie the game up. Guerin threw the puck on net which Miller stopped but the rebound came out to Brian Campbell. He tried to sweep the puck out of the crease but hit his defensive partner in the leg and the puck deflected in.
But the Sabres got that one back a minute later when Derek Roy slid home a nice fat rebound after some horrible defensive coverage on my part.
I had many chances in the 2nd, outshooting the Sabres 14-9 in that period but we would go to the 2nd intermission down 2-1.
Both teams came out flying in the 3rd with both goalies making some excellent stops. I was starting to sweat because there was less than 5 minutes left and I had thrown everything at Miller who continued to make highlight reel saves. One of them was on a great chance by Kessel. He got in alone made a great deke to his forehand but Miller recovered and dove across the crease to make a spectacular save on a sure goal.
But the combo of Bergeron and Guerin (deadline deal) would not be contained forever. I got the puck in deep and Brad Boyes was able to recover the puck in the corner. He cycled it to Bergeron who skated back near the blueline. Guerin broke for the net and I saw an open seam to hit him with a pass, which I did. Receiving the pass so close to the net I had to make a quick move to my forehand and then my backhand and roofed the puck under the crossbar. It was a phenomanal goal. I watched it in replay about a dozen times (to which my wife labeled me a geek for doing so).
The game would stay 2-2 despite some great efforts by the Sabres. Afiniganov was a beast this entire series (finished with 5G, 3A) and he made me nervous everytime he touched the puck in my end.
However, inOT I got another crappy goal in the first minute off of a Bergeron shot. The puck, again, deflected off of a couple of legs and skates and slid past Miller for the series winner. Just like a real playoff OT goal.
It was cool to see my teammates jumping on each other and then shaking hands with the opposing teams. I thought it was really cool to have some of the players even talk to each other during the handshakes. It was a nice touch added by EA. Good job.
Now I'm on to play the Senators. Should be a good matchup.
One other thing on how eerily realistic this game is. I checked around the league to see where the other series' were at and the Wings got upset in the 1st round to Vancouver in 5 games. How many goals did Datsyuk score? 0. He had only 1 assist in the 5 games and was a -4. It's spooky how real to life this game can be.
P.S. Bill Guerin has been a beast for me in the playoffs. He scored 7 goals and 1 assist in the 6 game series.
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