Game 1 was a heartbreaker. Yeah, Boston outplayed us in the second frame but Philips held the door shut for 58 minutes of the game. Those two quick goals at the end of the second were tough but she'll come back tonight even stronger tonight - that's just who she is and what she does.
Go Charge Go!
Further a team up 3-2 after winning game 5 on the road wins game 6 at home 61% of the time.
The trailing team after game 5 (regardless of home or away) has only won the series 20.4% of the time after being down 3-2.
In other numbers...
The MoneyPuck "Deserve To Win O'Meter" number for Montreal for the games in the series thus far:
The team's really only laid one egg. Let's hope they're done with eggs.
The spectre of losing to the Sceptres and missing the playoffs is just too much for me to contemplate.
Spoiler alert:
The Charge are going to win today. Leslie scores again today and Philips shuts the door!
Philips was a brick wall and (once again) Leslie and Jenner provided the offence. It was an OTW and Ottawa needed a RW to clinch.
That solidifies fourth place at 41 pts for the Charge but their work isn't done yet. Toronto is 3 points behind at 38 pts. Each team has a game remaining and that game is against each other in Ottawa two days from now (2 pm TD Place).
Toronto needs to win in regulation on Saturday. That would tie Ottawa on points but the tiebreaker is regulation wins and a RW on Saturday would give the Sceptres an 11-8 advantage and eliminate Ottawa. :(
A win (in regulation or OT) or an OT loss would give the Charge more points than the Sceptres and punch their ticket into the playoffs.
Given the stakes, this game is going to be super Charged.