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Angry At Numbers 6/5

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Time to just go through some numbers popping out from Game 1 and beyond. You love it when we get nerdy. Nerds are in, you know it, I know it. If only I paid this much attention to math in high school (I think I got a 590 on the Math section on the SAT while rocking the verbal, and my Rain Main-like father never forgave me for it, despite the fact that he was a writer. It was a strange family).

38.2%

That was Jonathan Toews’s Corsi number for Game 1, and that’s with the score adjusted. It’s the third lowest number he has produced in the past two playoffs, as Kopitar kicked him down to a 37% in Game 6 last year in L.A. (while Kane dragged them out of the pits like little Miho got Clive Owen), and earlier last spring Mikko Koivu held him to a 25% in Game 4 against Minnesota. But that’s it, and I guess it says a lot that the Hawks went 2-1 in those games. It’s not a formula the Hawks would have any intention on repeating, though. And just how likely is it the Lightning can keep Toews down… down on the ground…

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Stanley Cup Finals Morning Links 6.5.2015

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All quiet on the chomping front:ESPN CHICAGO

TVR? Let’s Go Hawks

Yes but only for Vermette:BU

**Listen to Spiegs & Goff, for Sam’s spots & Jason Goff has the best nickname for #80**

Literally…Sweet Jesus! PD

Probably not:NBC

Well its hard to get warm in a skybox:TS

Yes if he isn’t cute:SCH

Sour Grapes…Draft Better:NJ.com

I figured this was fitting:Chicago Tribune

Dolla Dolla Bills Y’all:USA TODAY

For the foodies:NY Times

This is going to keep happening:Montreal Gazette

I heard a lot about most of it, but what I did hear, I did not hear any of that:TSN

Non-Hockey but Wow:Globe and Mail

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You Gotta Keep 'Em Separated: Ducks 4 – Hawks 5 OT (Series Tied 2-2)

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Box Score

Event Summary

War On Ice

Natural Stat Trick

Even the next day I’m not sure where to begin this. So let’s flip it and look at it how a Ducks fan (if there is such a thing) might look at it. You still haven’t lost in regulation, and had Corey Crawford not put on two borderline-incredible overtime performances in Games 2 and 4, this series might already be over. Your 3rd period magic has now worked both ways, in that the Ducks were able to protect leads, and rather easily, rather easily in Games 1 and 3. And then there was that comeback, which has been a Ducks specialty this season, in Game 4. You’ve rolled the Hawks in the overtimes, they still only have four ES goals in the series. So yeah, things probably look pretty rosy, even if you think you can’t waste a three goals in 37 seconds burst like that.

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You Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated: Ducks 4 – Hawks 5 OT (Series Tied 2-2)

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Box Score

Event Summary

War On Ice

Natural Stat Trick

Even the next day I’m not sure where to begin this. So let’s flip it and look at it how a Ducks fan (if there is such a thing) might look at it. You still haven’t lost in regulation, and had Corey Crawford not put on two borderline-incredible overtime performances in Games 2 and 4, this series might already be over. Your 3rd period magic has now worked both ways, in that the Ducks were able to protect leads, and rather easily, rather easily in Games 1 and 3. And then there was that comeback, which has been a Ducks specialty this season, in Game 4. You’ve rolled the Hawks in the overtimes, they still only have four ES goals in the series. So yeah, things probably look pretty rosy, even if you think you can’t waste a three goals in 37 seconds burst like that.