Sabres / Rangers Game

Chris Drury is a hockey god.

I'm cheerfully stealing that phrase from one of ESPN's analysts, John Buccigross. And it happens to be true. No one else scores the big goals quite like him. He doesn't score tons of goals, or flashy goals (not habitually), but when you're one goal down at the very end of the game, he's the one you want on the ice, because ice is clearly what he has in his veins in place of blood.

7 seconds to go, and he ties it. A huge goal by a guy that seems to specialize in them.

Don't get me wrong, I'd rather the Rangers win the series, though I'd have to apologize to Amelia for doubting them, but could the Sabres have possibly made a better choice in free agency than signing Drury? I don't think so.

In other playoff news, I seem to have accurately divined the fate of the Canucks, defeated in five games by Anaheim. The Rangers have been more tenacious than I expected (and I should have more faith in Brendan Shanahan), and the series between them and the Sabres will go to at least six games, where I'd expected Buffalo to kind of roll over them. Ottawa is whomping on New Jersey with slightly more vigor than I'd expected, and could finish them off in game five tomorrow.

And, well, game five between Detroit and San Jose is tomorrow as well, with the series tied 2-2; whoever wins game five usually wins the series, and I don't think this'll be an exception. We'll see if home ice at the Joe Louis Arena makes a difference.