DEVILS WIN THE ATLANTIC DIVISION

I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW.

After Philly beat the Isles, Ottawa beat the Rangers, and the Devils were losing 3-0 in the 2nd, I thought the Flyers had the division wrapped up. But the Devils came storming back and beat the Canadiens 4-3, and ended up winning the Atlantic Division! That was unbelievable, as they reeled off 11 wins in the row to finish the season. Now they host the New York Rangers in Round 1, and I will be at Game 1 this Friday (look for me in Section 222, Row 11, Seats 4-7). Sweeeet.

In other news, the Sabres spanked the Hurricanes 4-0 to knock them out of the top spot, and will play the Flyers in Round 1. They went on a mini-roll late, going 7-3 over the last 10 games.

Here are the full 2006 Stanley Cup Playoff matchups:

Eastern Conference
(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay
(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal
(3) New Jersey vs. (6) NY Rangers
(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia

Western Conference
(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton
(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado
(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim
(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose

(To follow up from the previous blog entry: yes, the Devils for some reason were on TV on Channel 725, not in HD, even though the Isles game was probably using HD cameras. The Devils had to update it on their own site, because even THEY didn't know. I guessed wrong on most of the other games, since Nets on 701 and Yankees on 715 were BOTH blacked out because they were not home games, and they showed a non-HD broadcast on an HD channel--freaking Cablevision. Maybe one day in my lifetime all of this shit will finally be on HD.)