NHL Games to watch 2/3/12

Didn't get last night's games in, but there were a few that were good, Flyers-Predators, Red Wings-Canucks.

Anyways, tonight's games, only two to really watch

Los Angeles Kings vs St. Louis Blues
These are two teams fighting for playoff seeding. The Blues currently sit in 5th with 65 points while the Kings sit in 7th with 60 points. It's really going to be a battle of goaltending as the Kings will send out Jonathan Quick and the Blues will most likely counter with Halak who's playing second fiddle to Elliott, but still a damn good goaltender. Expect a 1-0 or 2-1 victory, and it may come in the shootout.

Chicago Blackhawks vs Calgary Flames
Chicago continues their roadtrip of Western Canada and they'll head to Calgary tonight. Calgary is in 11th place in the West, but only 5 points back of Minnesota's 8 spot. Speaking of 8, the Blackhawks got lit up last night by Sam Gagner who tied a record for second-most points in a game with 8 (4 goals, 4 assists). Ray Emery will most likely be in net tonight as the Blackhawks look to rebound from last night's loss.

Rapid Reaction: LA Kings 3, SJ Sharks 1

News, notes, and observations from the Sharks 3-1 loss Saturday night:

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Looking back at Saturday's playoff games...

As I begin writing this, I've seen four NHL games today, still in the middle of the Sharks and Kings game... maybe the Sharks will come back. I'm sure Dan will post something about the Sharks at some point, but now there's 14 NHL teams left in the chase for Lord Stanley's Cup. I'm not gonna lie, but I took a nap after the Caps victory because watching that exhausted me. I'm sure most hockey fans would agree that it is quite exhausting to ride the wave of emotions in a hockey game, especially when you win the series.

Looking ahead to Saturday's games

EDIT: I just realized that the first game started at noon instead of 3:00PM.. silly me..
So there's four games today and three of them could end the series if the home team wins. The one exception is the Bruins-Habs rivalry which would be surprising if it ended before game 6.

Looking back at Thursday's Playoff Games...

Well, last night I went 3-for-3. I picked the Bruins, Blackhawks, and Sharks, and they all delivered. I kinda of did expect the Bruins game to be close, but they score on an empty netter again to end it. I did not expect the Blackhawks to blow out the Canucks, but I guess with Dave Bolland, that's why it's happening. Also, I fully expected the Sharks to beat up on the Kings after coming back down 4-0 in game 3. On to the analysis....

Looking ahead to tonight's games....

So, we've seen the race cut down from 16 to 15 teams. It could go down to 14 tonight. The first round has been quite interesting thus far. We have two game 4's and a game 5 tonight, but it's that game 5 where we could lose the defending Stanley Cup Champions.