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Canes host the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at PNC.
Columbus is battling still for the President's trophy and the 1st overall seed in the Eastern conference, coming in 5 points behind Washington with a game in hand. They are also only 2 points ahead of Pittsburgh (who has played one more game) so this one is still of some importance to the Jackets. They are 7-2-1 in their last 10. The Jackets are at Chicago tomorrow night, so they MIGHT elect to play backup Joonas Korpisalo (6-4-0 2.85 GAA .905 Sv%) instead of Sergei Bobrovsky (41-13-5 1.97 GAA .935 Sv%). Then again, with the Canes offense awakening in the month of March, the Jackets might see the Canes as the bigger offensive threat and go with Bobs tonight and Korpisalo tomorrow night (figure out how that could be possible!)
Jackets offense is stellar and deep, led by mini-mite 6th round jackpot pick Cam Atkinson (34G 27A). The Jackets have 8 players with more than 40 points and any of their 4 lines can score.
The Canes counter with a 12 game point streak (8-0-4) and the NHLs best offense in the month of March. Cam Ward will be in the nets for sure and with only 12 healthy forwards and 6 healthy DMen on the roster, there will be no guessing games on the lineup.
This game is just one of the many tonight that will significantly impact the race for the WC2 spot in the Eastern conference. Here are the other critical games on the slate tonight:
NYI @ Philly (Canes want the Flyers to win this one cleanly)
Dallas @ Boston
Detroit @ Tampa
Toronto @ Nashville
In the best case "grand slam" scenario, the Canes get 2 points tonight, the 4 teams ahead of us in the standings all lose and we are sitting 3 points out of a wildcard spot with a game in hand on the Bruins and everyone else behind us. In the worst case scenario the Canes come away empty tonight, all 4 teams ahead of us win and our miracle playoff run effectively ends. This is yet another "Game 7" for the Canes, they have to win tonight to stay alive. If you have lucky socks or NHL team voodoo trinkets tonight is the time to utilize them with all of these important games.
Columbus is battling still for the President's trophy and the 1st overall seed in the Eastern conference, coming in 5 points behind Washington with a game in hand. They are also only 2 points ahead of Pittsburgh (who has played one more game) so this one is still of some importance to the Jackets. They are 7-2-1 in their last 10. The Jackets are at Chicago tomorrow night, so they MIGHT elect to play backup Joonas Korpisalo (6-4-0 2.85 GAA .905 Sv%) instead of Sergei Bobrovsky (41-13-5 1.97 GAA .935 Sv%). Then again, with the Canes offense awakening in the month of March, the Jackets might see the Canes as the bigger offensive threat and go with Bobs tonight and Korpisalo tomorrow night (figure out how that could be possible!)
Jackets offense is stellar and deep, led by mini-mite 6th round jackpot pick Cam Atkinson (34G 27A). The Jackets have 8 players with more than 40 points and any of their 4 lines can score.
The Canes counter with a 12 game point streak (8-0-4) and the NHLs best offense in the month of March. Cam Ward will be in the nets for sure and with only 12 healthy forwards and 6 healthy DMen on the roster, there will be no guessing games on the lineup.
This game is just one of the many tonight that will significantly impact the race for the WC2 spot in the Eastern conference. Here are the other critical games on the slate tonight:
NYI @ Philly (Canes want the Flyers to win this one cleanly)
Dallas @ Boston
Detroit @ Tampa
Toronto @ Nashville
In the best case "grand slam" scenario, the Canes get 2 points tonight, the 4 teams ahead of us in the standings all lose and we are sitting 3 points out of a wildcard spot with a game in hand on the Bruins and everyone else behind us. In the worst case scenario the Canes come away empty tonight, all 4 teams ahead of us win and our miracle playoff run effectively ends. This is yet another "Game 7" for the Canes, they have to win tonight to stay alive. If you have lucky socks or NHL team voodoo trinkets tonight is the time to utilize them with all of these important games.
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