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i think we'll be alright. a couple interesting stats, that someone with more interest/time can check up on:

1.rangers have lost every 2nd game so far in the playoffs while winning their 1st and 3rd games.
2. against the panthers, the team that scored first lost every time.
3. against the rangers, the team that has scored first has won every time.

just some weird stats for a weird series. i'm moderately worried, but it's such an even match-up, it will come down to little things. this was no 3-0 game except on paper. devs dominated until the end of the 2nd. rangers got a great wrister and then great redirect that lundqvist would not have been able to save.

i think we have a solid shot at the series still. it's back to home ice advantage for the rangers. big deal. we'll come out on fire in game 4 and steal it right back. then it's really anyone's for the taking. game 4 is all we can think about now.

yeah, we really gotta solve lundqvist. it's frustrating to see him stone-walling us so bad. he's a great goalie, but he's not as good as brodeur was at his age. so there's gotta be a way to get to him. sens and caps were more beaten up front. we are BUTCHERING with our forecheck and defending 90% of the time amazingly. it's the guys between the pipes that are the difference in us being up in the series versus where we currently are.

gotta find a way to beat lundqvist. i say more shot on goal. that really is what allowed us to tear off 4 straight against bryz and the flyers. we just shot everything at him. a rebound or flubbed puck is bound to happen to even the best goalie, with enough chances.

last thing, they really need to do a drill to work on their breakaways. the devs had 6 odd man rushes IN THE FIRST PERIOD. obviously they didn't score, but that has got to change. i thought we could have won the game and didn't lose all hope, but truth be told, when i saw us dominating for 2 periods but the score being 0-0 still and the rangers mounting more possession and better holding in their offensive zone, i became a lot more uncomfortable. it starts with converting the 3 on 2s, 2 on 1s, or in our case 3 times yesterday, the 1 on nones (kovy had 2 clean breakaways and went to his right and took his angles away)