Same city, different coach/system, same result. I know Boston plays the trap, but does it not seem like every game in this building has been 0-0, 1-0 or 1-1? Oh, the exciting hockey.
The only thing that made this game watchable was Sean Avery inadvertently (hey, he was in the way!) knocking Tim Thomas in the back of the head in the third period during a TV timeout. It lead to a scuffle and what was going to be a Ranger power play but was changed to a 4 on 4 after the referees decided to look at the video replay on the scoreboard. Let's show a replay of every penalty on the video board from now on why don't we? Ugh.
For those criticizing Avery for that play, you should realize that he actually looked around to see if any officials were watching, did his thing, and almost got away with a Ranger power play. The worst thing that would have happened was a 4 on 4, which was the case. Of course Thomas was going to react like that- he's a hothead. If Thomas did not react, the refs would not have seen the originally strike by Avery and nothing would have been called. If anything, Avery got under Thomas' skin a bit, which was something that had to be done considering the way the game was going.
Turns out the Rangers got a power play not long after that 4 on 4 started and got a chunk of 4 on 3 time. Yet they still can't score. The power play is pathetic.
Florida goes out and wins the next night (against Pittsburgh, go figure- thanks Cindy) to force a tie for the 8th spot, with both teams having three games to play. Rangers have the tie breaker with the most wins. So they simply need to stay even in points with Florida in the last three. When all is said and done, it could be down to the last game at Philadelphia- Florida ends their season the night before.
