Boston is awesome 5 on 5, but have had trouble scoring or even getting a lot of quality chances on special teams (their pp is pathetic this playoffs). Tonight they didn’t have trouble getting good chances, but Luongo played great.
Vancouver is usually killer on the power play, but they didn’t seem up to it tonight and I thought had few great chances on the PP, but did have some excellent chances early on and in the 3rd period.
Goaltending is a strength for both teams, I think it will come down to their 3rd or 4th liners.
As far as great games, IMO this wasn’t it, regardless of the outcome. Tampa beat us a few times, and despite not being happy about it, they were excellent games.
The fans been very hard on Luongo in Vancouver. During the Nashville series, the Predators seemed to get a cheap goal every game - including one that was shot upward from behind(!) the net which hit Roberto in the back and slid on in for the goal. :-/
Both he and Thomas had the net well-covered this evening, however.
Well, here's to what I expect will be a hard-fought 7-gamer...