First, the chances of OT happening in that series are huge. And second these teams had the most shootouts this year(16 and 17 respectively), meaning they don't like to risk things in OT.
Just by looking at the number of times Florida has lost in the shootout, and the number of times the Devils have gone to a shootout. All things considered, I wouldn't be surprised if a game ended with a Rock-paper-Scissors match.
I'd go with Vancouver and LA. The Kings have taken many games into overtime the past 2 years, perhaps with a better Quick/defense, they'll take it even further during a game or two.
Blues/Sharks. A lot of people are saying/thinking Preds/Wings but I think someone in that matchup would score before it got too crazy. Blues/Sharks or Nucks/Kings wouldn't shock me.
Both teams will just keep wondering when the shootout will start.
Brodeur will announce his retirement sometime during the 5th OT. The resulting press conference should wrap up by the end of the 7th.
Serious question: is there a curfew imposed on playoff OT periods? Like, a period cannot start after such and such a time? Or do they play until the continental breakfast gets served in the team hotel, if need be?
First, the chances of OT happening in that series are huge. And second these teams had the most shootouts this year(16 and 17 respectively), meaning they don't like to risk things in OT.
The chances of having OT in the Panthers/Devils games would seem to be pretty high but I wouldn't say your analysis of their shootouts is right. Panthers seemed to always end up in shootouts because they aren't great at scoring, nothing about not taking risks. In fact I think they took quite a few risks because they were pretty poor in the shootout all year and would therefore try to avoid them. The Devils had a completely different philosophy in OT as they were great in the shootout so didn't need to take any risks. However, this will all change in playoffs when there is no shootout.
Why are people saying STL/SJ?
All of the games between these two have been very decisive with the winner being decided early in the game. None of those games even sniffed OT.
Here are the number of OT games per team, per series.
NYR(19)/OTT(21)(1 in the h-t-h) 40
BOS(15)/WASH(19)(1 in the h-t-h) 34
FLA(25)/NJ(22)(1 in the h-t-h) 47
PIT(17)/PHI(19) (1 in the h-t-h) 36
VAN(25)/LA(24)(1 in the h-t-h) 49
ST(18)/SJ(22)(0 in the h-t-h) 40
PHX(23)/CHI(22)(1 in the h-t-h) 45
DET(18)/NASH(16)(0 in the h-t-h) 34
Going off that, LA/VAN is the most likely to go to long OT, followed by FLA/NJ and PHX/CHI.
Brodeur will announce his retirement sometime during the 5th OT. The resulting press conference should wrap up by the end of the 7th.
Serious question: is there a curfew imposed on playoff OT periods? Like, a period cannot start after such and such a time? Or do they play until the continental breakfast gets served in the team hotel, if need be?
I remember a game a long while back that ended damn near close to 2AM EST... I think 4 OTs?
St.Louis/San Jose in the West and Pittsburgh/Philly in the East.
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Last night an ESPN program was discussing how the Detroit Pistons needed a hero citing the heroes on the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions and no mention of the Detroit Red Wings. All this despite the Red Wings probably being the most succesful team in Detroit right now.
Brodeur will announce his retirement sometime during the 5th OT. The resulting press conference should wrap up by the end of the 7th.
Serious question: is there a curfew imposed on playoff OT periods? Like, a period cannot start after such and such a time? Or do they play until the continental breakfast gets served in the team hotel, if need be?
I don't think so. Someone is bound to lose focus/get tired and make a mistake that costs the team a goal.
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Originally Posted by Enforcinator
I remember a game a long while back that ended damn near close to 2AM EST... I think 4 OTs?
Probably one of these:
April 11, 2007: Roberto Luongo, goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks, plays and wins his first career playoff game while making 72 saves, one shy of Kelly Hrudey's record; the game would be the 6th longest ever, going into quadruple overtime. Henrik Sedin scored the winning goal.
May 4, 2008: Brenden Morrow scores on San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov at 9:03 of the 4th overtime period in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals series between the Sharks and Stars. The game saw an incredible goaltending duel as Nabokov made 53 saves in the loss while Marty Turco of Dallas made 61 saves for the win.
June 9, 2010: Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks shoots a goal past Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michael Leighton 4:10 into overtime of game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals to give the Blackhawks a 4–3 win over the Flyers for their first Stanley Cup Championship since 1961
