Wow! What a performance by both teams in game number two! Both J.S Giguere and Ray Emery played outstanding between the pipes.
Let’s take a quick look at some other reactions from around the web.
CBC noticed that the Senators were firing blanks in Game 2.
The Ottawa Senators were outshot, outchanced, out-hit, outworked and simply outclassed.
The Ottawa Senators top line of Spezza, Heatley and Alfredsson is failing to attack the offensive zone with any speed and their transition game is not working. In addition, they continue to turn the puck over far too often.
Chris Pronger hangs around the crease, his 6-foot-6 frame and wide wingspan protecting the Anaheim Ducks’ goal. On the boards, Scott Niedermayer taps the puck away from an Ottawa forward and flips it up the ice.
ESPN noticed that Anaheim’s 3-2 victory over Ottawa in the opener of the Stanley Cup finals got a 0.72 cable rating on Versus and was watched in only 523,000 households in the United States.
Joe Pelletier shares some interesting fact about the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks, the most important being their place in the 2007 Stanley Cup finals. However, an interesting coincidence: Each franchise featured goaltenders named Hebert in their inaugural season.
The Montreal Gazette reports that the Canadiens have made a contract offer to defenceman Sheldon Souray. Souray’s agent Paul Theofanous, told the Gazette on Wednesday that Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey made the offer on Tuesday.