Game Day: Sens @ Ducks, Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 4PM

Doh. 2-0 Ducks after 2. Karlsson with an own goal. Eeek.

Let's get it all back in the 3rd boys! C'mon!

Flo The Action wrote:did karlsson just did that?

It would have gone wide if Anderson didn't tip it with his shoulder on the way down. Stupid/lucky play all around. Like Dean mentioned, perhaps that penalty to Michalek was on Karlsson's mind when he batted it with his stick instead of swatting it away with his glove.

Interesting point, though, when a stick makes contact with the puck above the shoulders, it's a high stick and play is dead when a team mate touches it. Well, it touched Anderson, and it was not incidental -- he lifted his shoulder up to play the puck.

shabbs wrote:Doh. 2-0 Ducks after 2. Karlsson with an own goal. Eeek.

Let's get it all back in the 3rd boys! C'mon!

#tph?

Shots are 21-19 for ANA.

spader wrote:Not a great period for the Sens. The Ducks are playing a disciplined game and waiting for chances. Sens need to turn up the heat.

Yeah,the Ducks are playing a good road game. The Sens are playing a bad one.

The Karlsson own-goal was just bad luck. On the Perry goal I'm not sure whom to blame. Kuba, for sure, played it very poorly, no hustle at all. Brennan said Karlsson made a bad decision but if Kuba hustled he shoots the puck behind the net and that is exactly where Karlsson was going. I don't think Karlsson made a bad decision, although he certainly made a decision based on an expectation that Kuba would play it better than that. However, regardless of how it came to be, Perry was standing at the top of the crease alone, and that's got to be on Spezza, no?

spader wrote:

shabbs wrote:Doh. 2-0 Ducks after 2. Karlsson with an own goal. Eeek.

Let's get it all back in the 3rd boys! C'mon!

#tph?

Third Period ... hattrick?
The Pesky ... Hens?

FYI:

[quote]67.2 Minor Penalty – Player - A player shall be permitted to catch the puck out of the air but must immediately place it or knock it down to the ice. If he catches it and skates with it, either to avoid a check or to gain a territorial advantage over his opponent, a minor penalty shall be assessed for “closing his hand on the puck”.[/.quote]

In my opinion, although it was not instantaneous, Michalek was clearly making a motion with his arm to toss the puck into the corner. He did not "skate with it" as he got cross-checked from behind almost immediately.

Even if the ref interpreted this as not immediately putting the puck down, there should have been a cross-checking penalty for the hit from behind.

Weird stat. Parros and Bell had 2:20 ice time in the first period, each. After two periods, each has 4:20 ice time. Are they conjoined or something? Exact same ice time for two players, in two periods.

wprager wrote:

spader wrote:

shabbs wrote:Doh. 2-0 Ducks after 2. Karlsson with an own goal. Eeek.

Let's get it all back in the 3rd boys! C'mon!

#tph?

Third Period ... hattrick heroics?
The Pesky ... Hens?

fyp

NEIL = WIN!!!

wprager wrote:NEIL = WIN!!!

Picks up his own rebound and scores in his 700th game!

2-1 final. Not the Sens best game. Ducks played well. Anderson was huge as he kept the Sens in the game late.

Bah.

spader wrote:2-1 final. Not the Sens best game. Ducks played well. Anderson was huge as he kept the Sens in the game late.

Could be jet lag caught up to them, or the "late" afternoon game (it was still 4PM for them), or maybe they were enjoying the warm weather a bit too much, or that Smith and Daugavins were not 100% (plus maybe a few others).

Bottom line, they played a very hot Anaheim team (6-0-1 in their last 7), were sluggish at the start, and it took a fluke goal to beat them.

Regroup, rest up, play better in LA.

wprager wrote:

spader wrote:2-1 final. Not the Sens best game. Ducks played well. Anderson was huge as he kept the Sens in the game late.

Could be jet lag caught up to them, or the "late" afternoon game (it was still 4PM for them), or maybe they were enjoying the warm weather a bit too much, or that Smith and Daugavins were not 100% (plus maybe a few others).

Bottom line, they played a very hot Anaheim team (6-0-1 in their last 7), were sluggish at the start, and it took a fluke goal to beat them.

Regroup, rest up, play better in LA.

I thought they started well, but sagged in the second period. The Ducks blocked a ton of shots, but the Sens put a lot of pucks at the net.

Hopefully, they use this loss to drive them forward against the Kings.

ian_mendes Ian Mendes
Refs informed Erik Karlsson that he is a diver - hence no call late in game. MacLean is furious with that label.

I'd be furious, too. He's a lightweight, sure. But a dive?

Also, did a referee just admit that he did not make a tripping call *solely* because of the reputation of the player? He did not assess the play on the merits of the play itself?

spader wrote:

wprager wrote:

spader wrote:2-1 final. Not the Sens best game. Ducks played well. Anderson was huge as he kept the Sens in the game late.

Could be jet lag caught up to them, or the "late" afternoon game (it was still 4PM for them), or maybe they were enjoying the warm weather a bit too much, or that Smith and Daugavins were not 100% (plus maybe a few others).

Bottom line, they played a very hot Anaheim team (6-0-1 in their last 7), were sluggish at the start, and it took a fluke goal to beat them.

Regroup, rest up, play better in LA.

I thought they started well, but sagged in the second period. The Ducks blocked a ton of shots, but the Sens put a lot of pucks at the net.

Hopefully, they use this loss to drive them forward against the Kings.

Both teams were very slow in the 1st.

On the bright side, Andy didn't have to face 30+ shots for the first time in a while. Only 29.

I missed it at the time, but how was that call on Condra with 5 minutes to go? Was his trip worse than the one that didn't get called on Karlsson?