First, under 2 minutes in, Nash on the far post tips in a Klesla feed for the Captain's first playoff goal to bring us within one. A few minutes later, Umberger scores a second power play goal to tie it, with Steve Mason getting his first playoff assist!!!
Scene shifts to Detroit. Our defense has been awful tonight, and we allowed Detroit to hold the puck forever, with Hossa finally parking one with 13:01 left. After a suspect cross-checking call to Nash, Hossa backs it up with a nifty power play goal to reinstate a two goal lead. Lights out, thanks for playing, right? Wrong.
With 4:15 left in the period, Russell takes the puck from Torres in our zone and leads a tight 3 on 2 break. He looks off Osgood and parks it high far corner. 5 - 4 Detroit. Finally, with 1:56 left, we cycled and cycled, looking like Detroit, and Modin scores with an assist from Rome. Tie game.
The crowd is absolutely bananas. Here in the Press Box, lots of amazed faces. (No cheering allowed, but there is a tacit understanding that this was an amazing period of hockey).
Osgood is vulnerable tonight. We have a good chance, but need to support the puck better in our zone. 20 minutes -- live or die -- promises to bring some more amazing hockey.
Go Jackets!
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