NHL Playoffs; If No One Sees A Major Upset, Did It Really Occur?

Unfortunately for the San Jose Sharks the answer is yes. On Monday night a NHL game 7 took place between the Sharks and the Ducks. Just a moment after the first face-off of the game, Getzlaf and Thornton dropped gloves. Each teams star center showing the distain for each other that had been evident all series.

It was actually quite intense, not to mention a great motivating move on the captain Thorntons behalf but in the end it was not quite enough.

Unfortunately unless you were in a few select markets you probably did not see it happen live. The game was covered “nationally” by Versus but much of the nation, including the East Coast was given the Blackhawks-Flames game.

The Ducks ended up beating the Sharks and taking the series. That’s right, the eighth seeded Ducks upended the number one seeded Sharks. This seems to be becoming commonplace in San Jose.

Also on Versus, last night the Capitals won game seven against the New York Rangers. This sets up one of the match-ups I wanted to see in these playoffs with the Capitals taking on the Penguins in round 2. Playoff intesity mixed with the Ovechkin-Crosby rivalry? Dare I say, this is is watchable.

NHL announces second-round matchups [NHL.com]