Dad came over later in the evening as he is staying over for a couple of nights. It was good to see him again and have a catch up. He gave us a cushion emblazoned with GLITZ that Joy had found while shopping. We were delighted as friends have told us about them loads of times before but we've never seen them anywhere.
Toni and I braved a late night to watch game two of the Eastern Conference Finals as the New York Rangers returned to Montreal to take on the Canadiens. Given the hiding that they were given on Saturday night the Canadiens came out all guns blazing. Pacioretty made it 0 - 1 to the Canadiens at 06:14 after some significant pressure from the start. Rather than let their heads drop though the Rangers fought back and Ryan McDonagh made it 1- 1 seventeen seconds later and silenced the Montreal crowd. A beautiful slap shot from Rick Nash at 18:58 allowed the Rangers to close the first period with a 2 - 1 lead. This period was mainly Montreal though and they out shot the Rangers 9 - 14.
The Canadiens kept the pressure up in the second period with both teams refusing to let up. A power play goal at 08:03 from Martin St. Louis though took the Rangers into a 3 - 1 comfort zone. This period ended 3 - 1 with the Rangers out shooting the Canadiens 11 - 8.
The third period was twitchy bum time as the Canadiens really went on the offensive, desperate to claw things back. Henrik Lundqvist was like a wall though and despite peppering him with shots they just could not score. At 15:38 Benoit Pouliot took a boarding penalty and so the Canadiens pulled their netminder for the 6 on 4 advantage and the 6 on 5 for the closing minutes. They just couldn't break down the Rangers defence or slip one passed Lundqvist though. Rangers had 10 shots and the Canadiens had 19 in this period but the Rangers won the game 3 - 1 and are now leading this series 2 - 0. On Wednesday night we head back to Madison Square Garden for two home games. Can the Rangers sweep the Canadiens in four? That would be nice!
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