5/6 Stanley Cup & Calder Cup Scoreboard

The big story last night was the Detroit Red Wings as a 5 goal 1st period just blew away the Sharks was which led by Johan Franzen who's 4 goals tied a Red Wings Team Record by the most goals in a playoff game in team history.

Joining the goal rush included by Todd Bertuzzi and Valtteri Filppula in the 1st period then Brian Rafalski in the 2nd period to join the Red Wings forward which went from 2 to 6 goals scored in one night as the Red Wings kept their playoffs hopes alive as the Sharks now lead the series 3-1.

San Jose's only goal was scored by Danny Heatly which was scored late in the 2nd period. In the 3rd period with the game already put away by Detroit. Things got chippy as numerous fights lead to misconducts and a couple of ejections as well. The league will review the fights to see if anyone will be suspended for Game 5 and beyond for this series, and mostly for the Sharks it could go beyond for the Western Conference Finals against the Chicago VS. Vancouver Winner.

Pittsburgh VS. Montreal saw a very fast start as the Penguins saw themselves up 2-1 at just 5 minutes into the game. Pittsburgh goals Maxime Talbot and Chris Kunitz put the Penguins up 1-1 and 2-1. Montreal responded with a Tom Pyatt that got the scoring going in the opening minute to eventually go up 1-0 as he scored his first goal of the playoffs to keep the Canadians in the series. After a scoreless second period as both teams took a cautious approach for the rest of the period.

The 2nd period saw the Penguins looking to take over the game with Pittsburgh dominating the SOG Count with a 11-3 advantage. Through 2 periods the Penguins out-shot the Canadians 26-9 through 40 minutes. However it was Montreal that control of the game in the 3rd as Maxim Lapierre and Brian Gionta scored in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd period.

From their on, Montreal goalie Martin Havalt became big again by stopping 16 shots in the 3rd period. For the game he stopped 33 of 35 shots while Pittsburgh Goalie Marc Andre Flurry made 20 of 23 saves. We are tied at 2-2 in the Best-of-7 with Game 5 heading back to Pittsburgh coming up on Saturday Night.

The only game in the AHL saw the Abbotsford Heat use 2 3rd period goals by Mitch Wahl and David Van der Gulik to pull away to win 4-1 as the Abbotsford Heat & Hamilton Bulldogs are now tied at 2-2 in the best-of-7 series. Abbotsford was able to control the game after Wahl scored earlier in the game on the PP to respond to Ryan Russell's goal that made it 1-1 late in the 2nd period. The Ever important Game 5 of the Heat VS. Bulldogs Series takes place on Saturday Night.


NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Montreal Canadains 3 (2-1, 0-0, 0-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030214

Pittsburgh VS. Montreal Game Story: www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2009030214

Series Tied 2-2, Game 5 will be on Saturday Night in Pittsburgh


Detroit Red Wings 7 San Jose Sharks 1 (5-0, 1-1, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030234

Detroit VS. San Jose Game Story: www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2009030234

San Jose Leads Series 3-1, Game 5 will be on Saturday in San Jose


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Hamilton Bulldogs 1 Abbotsford Heat 4 (0-1, 1-1, 0-2)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007300

Hamilton VS. Abbotsford Game Story: http://theahl.com/heat-roll-past-dogs-to-even-series-2-2-p142558

Series Tied 2-2, Game 5 will be on Saturday Night in Abbotsford, B.C.


Tonight's Playoff Schedule

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Boston Bruins VS. Philadelphia Flyers Game 4,

Boston Leads Series 3-0


Chicago Blackhawks VS. Vancouver Canucks Game 4

Chicago Leads Series 2-1


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Worcester Sharks VS. Manchester Monarchs Game 6

Manchester Leads Series 3-2


Chicago Wolves VS. Texas Stars Game 5

Series Tied 2-2


Western Hockey League

Tri-City Americans VS. Calgary Hitmen Game 5

Calgary Leads Series 3-1


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

St. John Seadogs VS. Moncton Wildcats Game 4

Moncton Leads Series 2-1


USHL Clark Cup Playoffs

Green Bay Gamblers VS. Fargo Force Game 3

Fargo Leads Series 2-0


NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs

Fairbanks Ice Dogs VS. Traverse City North Stars

Fairbanks is 2-0-0, Traverse City is 1-2-0 in the Round Robin


Bismarck Bobcats VS. Wenatchee Wild

Bismarck is 2-0-0, Wenatchee is 0-2-0 in the Round Robin