The first half of this post was written on Thursday night during the Ottawa/Buffalo game. It was supposed to be posted at some point that night, but it was forgotten about after a reboot of the laptop.
So let's go back in time to Thursday night....
What's this? Another semi-live blog about more hockey? Twice in one day? I must be really bored. That, and it's in the 80's and there's not much else to do that won't make me cranky. I am drinking an iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts so you have been warned as I'm sure this will get more hyper as it goes along.
It's the Buffalo Sabres hosting the Ottawa Senators tonight. The game is not in HD which annoys me, but I'll still watch anyway until Grey's Anatomy is on.
Mike Fisher scored on a shorthanded breakaway to give the Senators the 1-0 lead. My house is divided because I am loudly rooting for the Senators, while my mother thinks the Sabres will be going to the Cup Finals.
Daniel Alfredsson adds another goal while the teams were 4-on-4 to make it 2-0. The Sabres cut the lead in half when Maxim Afinogenov scored to make it 2-1.
I notice on NHL.com, when I was checking the spelling of Afinogenov, that there's a new real time (beta) score thing linked on the scoreboard. During the commercials, it said "Delay: TV Timeout." That's pretty cool. And watching the game clock now, the real time scoreboard is a few seconds ahead of Versus. It gives the blocked shots and stuff. Very cool addition for the NHL.
Why is it that Fisher is hairy and Alfredsson shaved his head? Seems like opposite sides of the playoff spectrum. It's the second period now.
The hitting has picked up in the game. The Sabres tied the game off a goal from Toni Lydman.
And that's where Thursday's post ended abruptly.
Ottawa ended up winning the game and taking a 1-0 series lead.
