A Night In Boston

Last night was the first hockey game in Boston since the tragedy at the Boston Marathon. The video above was taken by Jesse Spector whose a writer with SportingNews. It was an emotional night that started with that special moment. The game had a playoff feel to it considering there are only a few games remaining and the Buffalo Sabres are fighting from behind to get in the 8th spot. They showed that they can come from behind when they tied the game up with a goal from Cody Hodgson with 27 seconds left. The game went into a shootout in which Ryan Miller saved all 3 attempts from the Bruins. Fan favorite Drew Stafford scored on the 3rd attempt for the Sabres to win it and put Buffalo 2 pts behind the Rangers and Jets for the 8th spot. Given the Sabres have a game in hand on Winnipeg and 2 on the Rags, but as I always say, that is a few games in hand that the other team can lose, not to mention tho but they do play the Rags & Jets in the final games remaining. And yes considering that I mainly focus on Islanders hockey, the Sabres do have a game left vs the Islanders who currently have the 7th spot. That is the last game of the season so it has the potential to be a big one. For more on Sabres hockey and their run for the playoffs check out http://sabrespulse.blogspot.com

Boston... Check!!

Josh Bailey was a beast last night scoring 2 goals in a 2-1 win in Boston. Mark Streit also had assist on both goals. You also can't forget about Nabakov who stood on his head making 30 saves and just missed stopping the only Bruins goal as it hit his arm before sneaking into the net. It was a good road win to keep up with Ottawa who also won. Tomorrows game vs the Rangers is going to be huge so expect a very physical game with some good goaltending.

Also in a scary moment last night David Krecji tripped Travis Hamonic causing him to fall awkwardly looking like a hyperextended knee. Hamonic left the ice without putting any pressure on the knee that appeared injured. The Hammer did however returned after only missing a few minutes showing that hockey players are indeed the toughest athletes. I just wonder if Derrick Rose happened to see that last night, considering he still hasn't returned to the court after missing a whole year and counting.

With the win last night, the Isles have now beaten every team in the East except for Carolina who they play April 23rd, it's nice for hockey to still be relevant when your an Isles fan this time of year.