Ducks, Canes Pull Even

Some triple OT action on a Sunday Afternoon?

Why not?

The Ducks' Todd Marchant was able to beat Detroit netminder Chris Osgood with a snap shot to the high glove side, evening the series at one game apiece.

During regulation, the Ducks continued to exhibit the same great team effort that was on display in Game One. Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer continued to excel 0n defense, while Ryan Getzlaf added a goal and two assists to his playoff leading 13 points. Jonas Hiller made 59 saves, including 29 in overtime.

Getzlaf outplayed Joe Thornton in the first round. He's now outplaying Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk in round two.

Detroit continued to look fairly stagnant on offense. Despite some great efforts by Pavel Datsyuk, he was unable to get his name on the scoresheet. Detroit only managed to draw three Anaheim penalties.

As the game progressed, it became more and more obvious that Detroit is dearly missing the services of defenseman Brian Rafalski. Although he may get overshadowed at times by Nicklas Lidstrom, he is a great defenseman in his own right.

Detroit hopes to have him back for Game Three in Anaheim.

Some silver lining for Detroit - although I think Chris Osgood could very possibly have stopped the Todd Marchant winner, he continued to play well. As long as Osgood stays on his game I still really like Detroit's chances.

For the Ducks, they just need to continue play their game. They played two excellent road games, and shouldn't change a thing...

Last night, Cam Ward was singing Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" all game in Beantown.

After a Game One that saw him allow four goals on only 24 shots, Ward stopped all 36 shots he faced in Game Two, including a 16 save third period that saw his team get outshot 16-2.

Eric Staal was finally able to get on the scoresheet in his sixth game versus the B's this season, notching an empty net goal and an assist.

Zdeno Chara made the most costly error of the contest, turning the puck over to Chad Larose while on a Boston power-play. A short time later, Larose was able to find Matt Cullen in the slot - 2-0 Carolina.

Chara was a minus three in Game Two, a stat that will never bode well for the Bruins.

Despite being outshot, Carolina had a very solid outing. Thy received great goaltending, a solid effort from their top player (Staal), and quality team defense.

In Game Two, give Ward and Staal the edge over Thomas and Chara...