Not as Bad as it Seems: Tuesday's Big Boy

Right off the bat, a 3-2 win over the top team in the Eastern Conference and one of the league's hottest teams right now is always a good thing.  Apart from the occasional error (lookin' at you, P. Kane) and that stretch in the third period after Oduya went down The Hawks looked very much in control of this one.  I won't harp on about another game in which they only managed two goals in regulation because Ben Bishop is a quality netminder and, with The Lightning's so-so defence corps, stopping 20+ quality scoring chances is just another day at the office for him.

In fact, if not for one lazy error (paging Mr. Kane, paging Mr. Kane) and the referees' joint refusal to stop play when Oduya was obviously in trouble, this is a 2-0 shutout for Crow.

                        Dammit, Rozsie, do you have to stand RIGHT in front of me?

There has been no word on the extent the injury sustained by Oduya whilst blocking a shot by Jason "War Machine" Garrison and, with three days between games I wouldn't expect anything beyond Q's "He'll be out a bit" for at least a day or two.  If he is hurt, though, it might be nice to let Klas Dahlbeck get a couple of practices in with The Hawks before the weekend...heh heh heh.