But ... that's still not an argument. Sure, not every single rush is going to produce a shot or a scoring chance, but the more you have the puck, the more you'll rush with it, the more you'll generate shots and shot attempts. This is just ... logic.

Of course it's a positive for a shooting team, Corsi is a nearly direct indicator of possession.

It doesn't matter. Lundqvist was playing out of his mind, but the Rangers can't keep leaning on him. The Habs were a monster with puck possession, shots on goal, shot attempts in Game 2. If their next four games are the same, they'd almost certainly win three of them, possibly all four.

PDO is considered a puck luck indicator, it measures shooting percentage and save percentage. If the two total over 100, it's an indicator that either your save percentage and/or your shooting percentage is beyond a sustainable level.

Actually, if Habs play the same way Thursday night as they did Monday, with a PDO around that 100 mark, their chances of winning will be very good.

Habs didn't have overwhelming "luck" against the Bruins, the series PDO was close to 103 for the Habs. Against New York so far? Their PDO is 80. I mean .... EIGHTY.

hah. Did the Bell Centre raise prices? Why yes. Yes they ka-ching did.

But that play runs exactly against your point. It's the Bruins who are the divers - Marchand gets the finger most often pointed at him, but Chara is the worst of the bunch. Gallagher, more than a foot shorter and at least 120 pounds lighter, simply tapped his skate, and Chara collapsed as though shot.

Uh, you know that Chara dove, right? Gallagher, 13 inches shorter, tapped him on the foot.

My 31st year as a die-in-the-wool Habs fan. You've no idea how much that win meant last night. Winning the Stanley Cup at this point, almost seems beside the point.

sure, you could BYOB into the Bell, and then have yourself escorted out for the rest of the night :)

haha ... $8 beers? No way you'll find those in the Bell.

haha :)

Um, dude. More than 1,000 criminal charges against more than 350 people. 150 people were injured, four of them stabbings.

All tickets sales are being donated to a charity benefiting a children's medical centre.

Vancouver, much?

Hah. Sure. Two pictures.

I doubt game location matters. Downtown Montreal on game night becomes a hive for Habs fans, especially in the playoffs. You can't find an empty seat anywhere that has the game up on a screen.

That was more a reflection on (again, very few) people taking out their hate against law enforcement, than it was the game. There was no rioting after Habs lost heartbreaking game 7 to Boston three years ago.

Wasn't sold out. Not even close.