NHL Playoffs Update
May 25, 2010
Thirty teams, 24 from the United States and 6 from Canada, have been whittled down to 3. One spot in the Stanley Cup Finals has already been secured and there’s one left to fill.
The Philadelphia Flyers took a 3 to1 victory over the Montreal Canadians in last Saturday night’s game 4 of the Eastern Conference Series. Philadelphia is now only one game away from the Stanley Cup finals.
The Flyers’ right wing Claude Giroux scored twice in last night’s game, Ville Leino scored the other goal for the 3 to 0 score against the Canadians. Goaltender Michael Lieghton for the Philadelphia Flyers was on top of his game with 17 saves and his third shut out of the series. Lieghton has become the first goaltender in Flyers history to have three shut outs in a playoff series.
Montreal gave it all they could but they never seemed to get it together. With only one shot on goal in the second period the Flyers dominated the game. Montreal Canadians have to win Monday night May 24th 2010 and force a game six to be play on Wednesday May 26th 2010 back in Montreal or the season is all over for them. The Canadians are 5-0 this post season, and have never before been blanked three times.
If Philadelphia can win game 5 at the Wachovia Center in Philly on Monday May 24th 2010 they will seal the deal and be on their way to the Stanley Cup Playoffs a place they haven’t been since 1997. This is going to be hard to do with the Canadians trying to push a game 5.




