First Round Tightening

Slow fighting-front, but some good action so far out of the first round.

The one fight last night was from Montreal-Boston.  Guillaume Latendresse and Shane Hnidy threw some punches in-tight after a scrum developed at the end of the first period.

Including the regular season over one third of Montreal’s fights have been against Boston this season.

Marc Savard scored the game-winner in OT for the Bruins.  The series is now 2-1 in the Habs favor.

The Devils took the same route, winning in OT and now trailing the Rangers by just one game.

Philly-Washington‘s tied up, and Calgary came back from being down 3-0 early to win 4-3 and take a one game lead on the San Jose.

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Guillaume Latendresse vs Shane Hnidy Apr 13, 2008

Tonight’s games

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators 7:00 PM ET
Detroit Red Wings vs Nashville Predators 7:00 PM ET
Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche 10:00 PM ET

Some reads

Agitated Brodeur gets last laugh
Wild tough guy Todd Fedoruk has become a much more rounded player
Flyers’ tough guy Cote happy to be here
Detroit’s McCarty back from rock bottom
Phaneuf takes his boos ‘with a grain of salt’
Guest columnist sees lighter side of Pens’ Laraque