PLAYOFF POOL - PICK YOUR WINNERS FOR ROUND 1

Really not looking great for the blues... No goals scored again.

I'm gonna be toast.

Tim looking like an early favourite.

I might get one series right

Murray gets pulled after giving up 4 goals on 30 shots through two periods. Penguins score 3 in the third to put a little scare into the Lightning but Tampa prevails to even the series. Now that Fleury has seen game action (and Murray gave up 4 goals), do you go to Fleury or Murray in what is, now, a best of 3?

Allen will go in game 4 tonight. Is that a desperation move from Hitch? A way to shake up the Blues, who really have not played well? Or is it, simply, that Elliott has not played well? Blues have scored 2 goals in 3 games and managed to win one, despite their goalie playing poorly. Weird how that goes.

Nice to see the blues find the back of the net more often. The Sharts really gave them a hard time in the third. This could go the whole 7 in my opinion.

I'm not dead yet. I'm feeling better. I think I'll go for a walk.

Fleury to start game 5. Daley is done for the season (fractured ankle). I expect them to now try to hit Letang with all they've got. Defensive depth isn't exactly one of Pittsburgh's strengths.

Well will you look at that! Tampa takes the lead!

Flo The Action wrote:Well will you look at that! Tampa takes the lead!

Wasn't Fleury's fault. It was the coach's fault, for putting in Fleury. Nothing he could do on the OT winner (shot is high and wide, hits Johnson in the shoulder and bounces in past Fleury). But that first one by Killorn was one of those "perfect" shots, the wraparound in the third was really bad rebound control, the tying second goal was also bad positioning. Basically, looked like a goalie who hasn't started a game in nearly 2 months being asked to take his team to the Cup Final.

I really should stop picking against the lightning....pittsburgh media is destroying Malkin/Crosby/Letang.  

If you're a diehard #pens fans, don't look at Crosby/Malkin/Letang ducking questions as anything other than it was: lack of accountability.

— Rob Rossi (@RobRossi_Trib) May 23, 2016

http://triblive.com/sports/robrossi/10497434-74/penguins-crosby-game

Whoa! And here I thought US media didn't care about hockey.

Flo The Action wrote:Tim looking like an early favourite.

You jinxed it for me. Thanks for nothing.

tim1_2 wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Tim looking like an early favourite.

You jinxed it for me. Thanks for nothing.

If Sharks and Bolts both finish it in 6 then spader has a huge lead (21 over Tim and 23 over me).

Needless to say, "Go Blues!"

Yes go blues and go pens!

Flo The Action wrote:Yes go blues and go pens!

Pittsburgh and St Louis going back with Murray and Elliott, respectively.

Personally, I'd like to see Murray win one more and then get roasted in game 7. And Elliott needs a couple shutouts.

By the way, all four teams have played both their starter and the backup (although Reimer has not actually started a game). This is quite rare.