Shite working day, Assassin's Creed Black Flag and Rangers win the Eastern Conference Finals!

OK so we had the great news earlier about being a grandmother again. While all this was going on I was having a pretty shite working day. Too many problems and not enough diagnostics and the feeling that those that were supposed to be helping were more of a hindrance. I ended up working an extra two hours tonight just wading through treacle and getting nowhere fast.

Toni had been on the got for around 30+ hours so got home from the hospital (she was in attendance when Zaria was born) and understandably crashed out. I took advantage of the this and fired up the PS3 to have a few hours of playing Assassin's Creed Black Flag. Did a few missions and earned a few trophies and had a great time!

Game six of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight with New York Rangers returning to Madison Square Garden to try and finish off the Montreal Canadiens once and for all. They fell apart in game five and now it was time to get revenge. The Rangers headed into game six with a 3 - 2 series advantage. This was the most important game in New York City in twenty years. Rangers came out flying and looked like they really meant business. The Madison Square Garden crowd were the noisiest I have ever heard them which was a real novelty but also very encouraging for the Rangers. It's lucky for the Canadiens that Tokarski was on form or they would have been in trouble! First period ended 0 - 0. Shots on goal were 11 - 5 in favour of Rangers.

Second period was a little more end to end although the Rangers had some good pressure being built up. Rangers power play need to do this a lot more:

The Canadiens seemed to find their legs in the second half of this period with lots of pressure in front of Lundqvist. Thankfully he was more than capable of dealing with what was being thrown at him. Rangers went on the power play again and the first shot on goal was by the Canadiens. That is NOT supposed to happen! With less than five minutes to go Lundqvist made a phenomenal save, spinning through the air to knock the puck away. At 18:07 the Rangers finally beat Tokarski as Dominic Moore takes a great pass from Brian Boyle to break the deadlock and make the game 1 - 0 Rangers. Second period ended with Rangers leading 1 - 0 .Shots on goal were 8 - 8 (19 - 13 overall).

Rangers started the third period successfully killing off a Canadiens power play. Some incredible pressure from New York at the start which sadly they couldn't convert but they kept the Canadiens at bay for the first eight minutes. Fatigue seemed to be setting in with the Canadiens who didn't roll four lines so overplayed their best players. They did managed to turn things up a notch just after the ten minute mark but the Rangers soon closed that down. At 14:18 the Rangers went on the power play after a slash from Prust. At 04:36 the Canadiens should have been called for a delay of the game penalty but the refs fluffed that call! Rangers failed to convert the penalty but went on the offensive once again. With two minutes remaining the Rangers iced the puck and it was twitchy bum time! Another icing and at 01:53 the Canadiens pulled Tokarski for the extra skater. Mad scrambles in front of the Rangers net ensued. Canadiens called a time out with 01:15 left. Rangers win the game 1 - 0. Lundqvist gets a shut out to make up for his dire game five! Shots on goal were 13 - 5 to the Rangers (32 - 18 overall).  

The Rangers win the series 4 - 2. The Rangers are going to the Stanley Cup Finals! They will face either the L.A. Kings or the Chicago Blackhawks (their series is currently 3 - 2 Kings with their game six tomorrow).