NotTheRock Musings

The Rangers finally beat Buffalo yesterday, 2-1 in double overtime, for their first victory against the Sabres in seven tries this season. They had lost four regular season games and then the first two games of this series before finally winning and avoiding going down 0-3 in this series.

The Rangers got robbed on a call earlier in the game when a goal was disallowed that would have made it 2-0 in the second period. Instead, they tried to hold their 1-0 lead and lost it with about seven minutes to play. Then we went to overtime and even Watersyne was on the edge of her seat as she learned what playoff hockey is all about.

It's been while since I saw an overtime playoff game (probably since 1994) in person and I had forgotten how weird it is to have the third period end.... and another intermission to begin. You go out, you pee, you get some more food... and the ice is Zamboni'ed and then they begin another 20-minute period. And then, after the first overtime, there's another intermission, they clean the ice again.... and the scoreboard "Period" indicator clicks to "5" and you wonder how long it might go. This particular game was only three minutes away from heading to a period 6 when it was finally ended. The Garden was quite loud, as you might imagine, with a lot of the cheering being that of relief at still being in the series.

Next game is Tuesday night and with a win we have a brand-new series.

Labels: me taking sports way too seriously, NHL, playoffs, Rangers