Rangers and Capitals 1-1 with 9:35 left in the 1st.

Blair Betts taken out of the game thanks to a shocking off the puck challenge by that cock-sucking, gobe Brashear.

He has to be an enforcer because he is absolutely e at hockey.

Chance for the Blackhawks to get to the next round tonight but it'll be difficult to win in Calgary.It only starts at 2.30 am but luckily it's a day off work for me tommorow so i'll be watching it live.

Great performance by Khabibulin helps Hawks take the series 4-2 with a 4-1 win in Calgary.

Versteeg & Byfuglien also played well as did Burish, Keith & Seabrook. Hawks seemed to want to play the game out once they got the 2 goals and not take too many risks, although had khabibiulin played like he did it could have been oh so different.

The Ducks have ended the Sharks post season taking the series 4-2 which means the Western Conference Semi Final line up is

Redwings v Ducks
Canucks v Hawks

The next round will be a lot harder for the Hawks but if Khabby can keep playing like he has we have got a chance.

If the Ducks can do the Sharks then I'm sure we can do the Canucks. That said I would hope Quennville gets them back to playing with the intensity they showed in games 1,2 & 5.
I don't know if it was me but thought he seemed to play the liokes of Toews, Kane, Sharp & Havlat sparingly last night as Versteeg, Byfuglien, Pahlsson seem to be logging alot of ice time.

Will be a tough series but one I think the Hawks can come through in 5 or 6

Second round of the playoffs start tonight and after getting 6 out of 8 right in the 1st round here are my predictions

Pitt/Wash=Wash in 6
Bos/Car=Bos in 5
Van/Chi=Van in 7
Det/Ana=Det in 6

Hawks lose game one of the western conference semi against the Canucks in Vancouver 5-3.

Hawks 3 nil down going into the 3rd before tying the game up at 3-3 with less than minute and half to go when a 4 on 2 break away was picked off and Canucks went down the other end and scored then added an empty netter.

Early penalty trouble cost the Hawks dearly.

The Hawks learned by the 3rd period to shoot low at Luongo and pick off the rebounds and it got them 3 goals so hopefully they carry that on into the 2nd game.

Big come back win by the Hawks in Vancouver beating the the Canucks 6-3 after been 2 nil down starting the 2nd period. Seems its taking the Hawks a while to get going or they have more stamina than the Canucks for the 60minutes.

Hopefully 2 wins at home will give them a chance to win the series back in in Vancouver or when they return to Chicago for game 6.

Big win for the Ducks and Carolina against Detroit and Boston repectively and the Caps beating Pittsburgh meaning all the series are tied at 1-1 except for the Caps who lead their series 2-0.

any calgary fans out there? didnt expect them to bite the dust this early!

anyway would like to see the cannucks win it now just to bring the cup back to canada for the first time in a while.

Chicago put up their worst performance of the playoffs last night to lose 3-1 and now are 2-1 behind the Canucks,they will need to improve a lot in the next game or their season could soon be over.

Not a great performance again by the Hawks but managed to dig out the win in OT. Very much a close and tight game with few chances for either team. Hopefully the Hawks can find the speed again that helped them overturn the Canucks last time in Vancouver.

I'm a flames fan. Totally gutted but from the games i watched on setanta they gave away to many penalties which the hawks capitalised on plus the hawks own powerplay defense was outstanding against a pretty much clueless attack. Also the hawks were so much quicker and clinical, once they'd won a game at the dome it was over the flames didn't have enough about them to win on the road. It was their main failing I think this season.

Think the other problem for the flames was their big game players didn't do enough in the series Iginla & Bertuzzi in particular.

Agreed Iginla didn't even seem to get fired up until the last game in chicago when he was starting to get a bit more hot headed and trying to get a bit of fistycuffs going. Though I thought he started the last game well but once the Hawks got that first goal he an d the rest of the teams heads went down and once the second went in it was game over. Bertuzzi for what ever reason didn't turn up for the playoffs. He becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. It'll be interesting to see if he lines up for teh flames next season.