Flukiest 5-goal game ever; playoff standings update.
In my second-half-of-the-season preview, I wrote that it's easier to divide this season into three parts:
1. "Ducks 1.0": pre-Scott Niedermayer, pre-Doug Weight.
2. "Ducks 2.0": post-Niedermayer/Weight, pre-Teemu Selanne.
3. "Ducks 3.0": post-Selanne.
The team that beat the Blues on Saturday with (somehow) five goals played like Ducks 1.0. It was ugly. The Blues are uglier.
Ryan Getzlaf missed about 3 empty nets when the game was close before finally, with the Ducks up 4-2 and the net "statistically empty" as Manny Legace headed to the bench, Getzlaf scored. I loved the irony, but it was subtle and easy to miss.
The WC playoff standings:
1. DETROIT: 47-17-6; 100 points; 120 possible points; 10 games left (5 at home)
2. SAN JOSE: 42-21-8; 92 points; 111 possible points; 11 games left (6 at home)
3. MINNESOTA: 38-26-8; 84 points; 104 possible points; 10 games left (5 at home)
4. DUCKS: 41-25-8; 90 points; 106 possible points; 8 games left (4 at home)
5. DALLAS: 42-27-5; 89 points; 105 possible points; 8 games left (4 at home)
6. COLORADO: 39-28-6; 84 points; 102 possible points; 9 games left (4 at home)
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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