commentary...

the game,last night,was very defensive... both goaltenders deserved to win the game... Tim Thomas has given up only six goals,in five games,and going into the game,had a save percentage of .966,and stopped 24 of 25 shots,in the game last night(.960),but has lost three of five games... Roberto Luongo basically stole the game,in shutting out,and down,Boston,last night... now,can Vancouver win for only the ninth time,in,unbelievably,forty years,in Boston,to win Stanley Cup? the last time the home team won every game,was 2003,when the New Jersey Devils beat the Anaheim Ducks,in seven games... i believe the last time that the Conn Smythe Trophy went to a player,on a losing team,was 2003,when J.S. Giguere won it,while in goal,for the Ducks... he set a NHL record,when he allowed only one goal,in four games,against Minnesota,in that playoff year... can Boston win Stanley Cup,for the first time,since 1972,when Bobby Orr scored Stanley Cup winning goal... in fact,in 1970,and in 1972,he scored the goal,to win Stanley Cup... there is a statue of Orr,outside the TD Garden,flying through the air,after scoring the Stanley Cup winner,in 1970... there is a similar picture of Bill Barilko doing the same thing in 1951 Stanley Cup Finals,when he flew through the air,on April 21,1951... on August 26,1951,Barilko died on a flight,while on a fishing trip,and the wreckage of the plane was not found,until June 7,1962,about sixty miles north of Cochrane,Ontario,about 35 miles off course... amazingly,the Maple Leafs had won the Stanley Cup,that year,for the first time,since April 21,1951,when Barilko scored Stanley Cup winner,for the Maple Leafs,in 1951