* Results *
I had an even showing tonight with a 2-2 finish for Sunday. Two of my picks were pretty easily made (the wins), and the other two were dumb and tough to a certain extent. Starting off, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Florida Panthers in a shootout. This was Pittsburgh's fourth straight shootout victory. From a Philadelphia perspective, I'm hating that Pittsburgh earned points for winning using this method. If I'm a Pittsburgh fan, I'm loving it. It is what it is, I suppose. I would normally expect Pittsburgh, even without their stars, to beat the Panthers in regulation. Regardless, Pittsburgh earned their spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs as a result. Florida has been trying to spoil games, but hasn't done it as well as the Ottawa Senators. Nice effort anyway. Speaking about the Senators, they let me down tonight. They lost to the Thrashers 5-4 in a shootout. Close enough to make it a respectable choice, but I figured the Senators would continue their run of good hockey. Maybe they didn't win because Atlanta isn't one of the top notch Eastern Conference teams. Who knows. Seems like it was a good game though. The Canucks defeated the Blue Jackets in what looks like a huge beating 4-1. The thing is Columbus compiled 40 shots against Cory Schneider and only converted one of those opportunities. Awesome night for Vancouver's back up goalie. I won't harp on the effort of Columbus tonight. Seems like it was there. The final game involved the Boston Bruins visiting my Philadelphia Flyers. I probably should have guessed that Philadelphia would crumble under a superior team after being the Islanders on Saturday. Brian Boucher can hardly be blamed for this loss after he made 34 saves on 36 shots. It's not necessarily a bad effort for Philadelphia, but they just haven't been playing very consistent hockey. At this rate they could lose the Atlantic Division to a Pittsburgh team that's missing Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Embarrassing if so with no disrespect to what the Penguins are doing. Boston bounces back after suffering a 1-0 loss to the Rangers yesterday. Their efforts in Philadelphia clinched them a spot in the playoffs. Results below for Sunday.
3/27/2011 - Sunday
Panthers at Penguins : Pick - Penguins : Result -- 2-1 Penguins : Correct (SO/W) : 190-143
Senators at Thrashers : Pick - Senators : Result -- 5-4 Thrashers : Wrong (SO/L) : 190-144
Canucks at Blue Jackets : Pick - Canucks : Result -- 4-1 Canucks : Correct : 191-144
Bruins at Flyers : Pick - Flyers : Result -- 2-1 Bruins : Wrong : 191-145
-Results Format-
Game : Pick : Result : Pick Result (OT or SO W or L based on my pick) : My Season Record
OT/W or OT/L - My pick won or lost in OT.
SO/W or SO/L - My pick won or lost in a shootout.
=Dumbest Pick of the Night=
Senators at Thrashers : I could go with another "nothing that could be considered dumb tonight" thing, but I won't. I made this pick thinking the Senators would continue to be pests. They gave Atlanta a run for the money, but Atlanta isn't a Boston, Philadelphia, or Washington. Atlanta has the same reasons as Ottawa to play hard. I think that alone is why I have to consider this pick dumb. Atlanta is the better team as far as the current roster goes. Bad pick on my part.
=Hardest Pick of the Night=
Bruins at Flyers : There weren't many games tonight so this one gets the nod fairly easily. Both are pretty good teams leading their divisions (Philadelphia, for now, leads) and have a lot of depth to make a good run in the playoffs. I had a tough time deciding who to go with. I went with my boys and paid for it.
=Easiest Pick of the Night=
Panthers at Penguins : The Penguins are riding a hot winning streak while the Panthers are one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference. Can't get much easier than that.
* Picks *
Just a couple of games for Monday. The Blackhawks and Red Wings game is the main event of the night with two recent Stanley Cup winning teams facing off. Should be an excellent game there. The Avalanche and the Ducks should be an easily decided game. I expect the Ducks to beat up on the Avalanche who have been tumbling down the standings in the same fashion as their team name implies. The Ducks have looked real good as of late and I'd expect the same old in this game. Monday's picks below.
3/28/2011 - Monday
Blackhawks at Red Wings ==> Red Wings
Avalanche at Ducks ==> Ducks
Night!
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