2nd Place!

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The Bruins cranked out their 7th straight win and I'm pretty sure they get balls back until they miss at this point. The Lightning came into the garden with an identical record as the Bs so the win gave us sole possession of 2nd place for the moment and clinched the season tie break with Tampa 3-1. And with Philly losing we are only 3 pts out of first place. I'm not trying to get greedy, the 1st seed didn't help us out much two years ago, but its nice to stay up there with the tops of the league.

This game was hard fought and scrappy, a little more than I thought it was going to be. Tampa went up 1-0 in the second on an Eric Brewer goal and it stayed that way for two minutes until Kamfer tied it up with a slapshot that went straight through from the point on assists from Kelly and Peverley in their home debut. It took a lot to beat Smith tonight, who had 26 saves, and thats exactly how you would describe the game winner, a lot. Lucic and Krejci worked a nice one two entering the zone, Lucic carried behind the net and found Horton who fired one on goal. Then there was a four car pile up in front of Smith with Horton and Krejci fighting for the loose puck. Finally it squirted out right and Lucic picked it up on the other side of the net right on the goal line and fired a no angle shot into the cage to win it. That line has been great and they really fought hard for that goal.

Thomas played strongly again with 27 saves of his own. There game got chippy in the third period with a couple scrapes here and there. The Bs still couldn't find the net on a powerplay but the special teams play wasn't all bad with a massive 2 minute 5 on 3 kill that helped keep the game in balance.

Kamfer did leave the game in the second period with an injury which sucks. I just commented on how it was ok that Ference went down because we had a defender to spare. That is no longer the case so I hope Kamfer is alright. I love they way he plays even those his time has been cut a little shorter recently.

Seguin was a healthy scratch tonight which was too bad. He had been holding on to that 10 minute per game level for the last few contests but got the pine for this one. This is probably more of a sign of things to come compared to his recent play because this was more of a playoff atmosphere than Ottawa or Edmonton. I hope they can get enough confidence in him over the rest of the season to trust him to stay in the roster come playoff time.

Up next is the Pens who are still playing without Crosby, who must be dead right and they are just covering it up. Because he has been out forever for no apparent reason. Like he was going to crush the scoring title this year, pumping in goals at will, then decided to hang them up early.