It's the most wonderful time of the hockey year and I am going to celebrate it by breaking down every series. I will also be tracking scoring chances, this one I'm about to talk about not being one of them. The Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers both have terrific bloggers who already track scoring chances for their respective teams and I am sure that they are looking forward to what should be a great series. I have a feeling that this series should be a lot closer than most people are predicting because Ottawa is a little better than a lot of people give them credit for and at the same time, the Rangers aren't as good as their #1 seed indicates.
We will break this series down after the jump.
The interesting thing about this series is that both teams have been relatively even at controlling possession at even strength.
Team
5v5 FenClose
5v5 Tied
5v5 Shots
New York
50.88
49.81
53.5
Ottawa
50.9
49.95
52.4
Team
5v5 ...
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PLAYERS:
Craig Anderson,
Henrik Lundqvist,
Ryan Callahan,
Brandon Dubinsky,
Brian Boyle,
Carl Hagelin,
John Mitchell,
John Scott,
Colin Greening,
Jason Spezza,
Kyle Turris,
Nick Foligno,
Erik Condra,
Bobby Butler,
Jesse Winchester,
Zack Smith,
Zenon Konopka,
Ryan McDonagh,
Dan Girardi,
John Tortorella,
Marc Staal,
Stu Bickel,
Anton Stralman,
Steve Eminger,
Jeff Woywitka,
Erik Karlsson,
Filip Kuba,
Sergei Gonchar,
Matt Gilroy,
Jared Cowen,
Chris Phillips,
Matt Carkner,
Michael Del Zotto
TEAMS: Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers
TEAMS: Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers
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-Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators. More on Alfredsson from Erin Nicks at NHL.com.
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