We’ve Got a Series

A phrase said four times yesterday, all four series ended the day tied up at one game a piece. Three of those four went into overtime. The Caps and Bruins went into double overtime.

The games weren't soft affairs either. There were a total of 11 fighting majors, all coming from the Sens–Rangers game and Sharks–Blues games.

Only a couple of minutes into the Matt Carkner jumped Brian Boyle and started throwing punches quickly. Boyle never reacted by the time everyone else had joined in and the scrum was separated. Only Carkner received a fighting major. Brandon Dubinsky, the first one to join the pile, was ejected with Carkner. It wasn't a typical thrid-man in situation, where another player joined a clear altercation (fight or not), but all players were rushing in and the game misconduct given to Dubinsky seemed excessive.

Later in the period Boyle accepted a challenge from Chris Neil. They squared off and quickly fell to the ice with few punches thrown.