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HockeyNation:

Game one was one for the birds; the Anaheim Ducks recovered from an early Ottawa start and wore down their dance partners during Monday nights opening game of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

You know, I’m not willing to say that. Ottawa played better early. Anaheim played better later. Emery looked shakey at times. Anaheim took too many penalties. And it, minus one missed check and a heads-up play, was going to Overtime. So as bad as Ottawa played — they almost took this to overtime. No reason to think Anaheim got any real advantage.

Besides, game one just doesn’t do much more than set the table for games 2 and 3. What Ottawa needs is a split in Anaheim. If Anaheim win’s both at home, then Ottawa has a problem. But to me, all game 1 did was make game two MORE important for Ottawa. But it’s game 2 and game 3 that will likely decide this series.

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