1ST ROUND REVIEW
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Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs Minnesota Wild (WC1)
A series for the youngsters. The two teams with the lowest average ages of all 16 playoff teams went head to head in this one as the Avalamche's MacKinnon, Landeskog, O'Reilly and Duchene faced off with Granlund, Coyle, Brodziak and Niedereiter of Minnesota. Home ice dominated the first six games and almost held out for Colorado in game seven but they just couldn't shake the Wild who advanced on Neiderrieter's OT winner. The series was tighter than many initially thought as four of the seven games went to overtime with each team winning two each. Calder Trophy nominee Nathan MacKinnon led the Avs in points but didn't register a single point on the road. In the end the Wild's speed seemed to put them in good stead and gave them momentum to come back from 3-2 deficit in the series to face defending champion Chicago.
Game 1 - Colorado 5-4 Minnesota (OT) - GWG: Paul Stastny (07:27 OT)
Game 2 - Colorado 4-2 Minnesota - GWG: Gabriel Landeskog (11:59 2nd)
Game 3 - Minnesota 1-0 Colorado (OT) - GWG: Mikael Granlund (05:08 OT)
Game 4 - Minnesota 2-1 Colorado - GWG: Charlie Coyle (12:55 2nd)
Game 5 - Colorado 4-3 Minnesota (OT) - GWG: Nathan MacKinnon (3:27 OT)
Game 6 - Minnesota 5-2 Colorado - GWG: Zach Parise (13:31 3rd)
Game 7 - Colorado 4-5 Minnesota (OT) - GWG: Nino Neiderreiter (05:02 OT)
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New York Rangers (M2) vs Philadelphia Flyers (M3)
Broadway vs Broad Street. The Rangers and the Flyers met for the 11th time in the playoffs. Derek Stepan, Brad Richards
,Marty St Louis and Carl Hagelin led the Rangers to a seven game victory in a series that went one for you, one for me. Masterton Trophy nominee Dominic Moore also chipped in a big contribution. The Flyers unlucky in the end as Giroux, Simmonds, Voracek and rookie Akeson huffed and puffed at Lundqvists door put couldn't knock it down enough times to top the Rangers and couldn't take themomentum of the 5-2 win in game six into game seven. Flyers players led the series in points (Giroux), goals (Simmonds) and goalie (Mason).
The Flyers will view the season as a success after their disasterous start.
Game 1 - New York 4-1 Philadelphia - GWG: Brad Richards (08:22 3rd)
Game 2 - New York 2-4 Philadelphia - GWG: Luke Schenn (11:18 2nd)
Game 3 - Philadelphia 1-4 New York - GWG: Marty St Louis (10:24 1st)
Game 4 - Philadelphia 2-1 New York - GWG: Jakub Voracek (07:22 2nd)
Game 5 - New York 4-2 Philadelphia - GWG: Dominic Moore (16:20 2nd)
Game 6 - Philadelphia 5-2 New York - GWG: Erik Gustafsson (14:17 2nd)
Game 7 - New York 2-1 Philadelphia - GWG: Benoit Pouliot (11:46 2nd)
Rangers win series 4-3
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