* First, check out the NHL Fan House live blog with J.P. and G-Dub. There's insight, analysis and plenty of humor. Great job, guys.
* For the Ducks, the game was the story of four power plays: The first two where Ottawa cashed in, and then the 5-on-3 in the second period and the 6-on-4 late in the third where the Ducks looked like a completely different team.
If Anaheim can stay out of the box and Sami Pahlsson can resist the urge of trying to use his own stick to flip J.S. Giguere's back to him, Ottawa will be in real trouble 5-on-5.
* Moen-Pahlsson-Niedermayer erased Heatley-Spezza-Alfredsson. Bad news for Ottawa. Start playing with a mean streak and finish some checks. Spezza especially was practically invisible.
* Don't blame Ray Emery or Anton Volchenkov. Emery made a number of third period saves that kept the game tied, while Volchenkov, as J.P. pointed out, blocked 10 shots.
* As great as Anaheim played 5-on-5, they were worthless with the man advantage, going 0-for-4. Ottawa was 2-for-7, and played with confidence and command early on.
* You could see Anaheim has confidence in their game plan, as they didn't look any different 5-on-5 at any point during the game, even when they were down a goal, something we saw a couple of times in previous rounds.
* Both teams played this game in fifth gear from the opening faceoff. There was speed, there was physicality, there was emotion, everything you could possibly want in a hockey game.
* Though I'm not sure these two teams can stand the pounding, please, please, please give us seven games of this sort of hockey.
