2012 Yelnats Cup Playoffs: Round 1, Days 4 and 5.

Hello Yelnats followers! I'm back from an impromptu hiatus. I wasn't at home these last few days so I figured I'd bundle up day 4 and 5 to start making up for it. There will be no Yelnats tomorrow, but I'll do days 6 and 7 on Monday. Here are today's games:

Winnipeg Jets @ New York Islanders: Game 3 (Featured game)

Colorado Avalanche @ Edmonton Oilers: Game 3

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Anaheim Ducks @ Minnesota Wild: Game 2

I wish the Wild always played this well. I throughly enjoyed this game. The Wild were often first on the puck after dump-ins, made beautiful passing plays and got some excellent goaltending from Backstrom. Two game lead going into Anaheim. It would feel good to see the Wild beat Anaheim in a playoff series, wouldn't it?

Final score: Anaheim 1 - 6 Minnesota.

Total shots: Anaheim 41 - 32 Minnesota

Boxscore:

1st period:

MIN 13:58 D.Powe (1) (N.Johnson, S.Veilleux)

MIN 19:07 M.Cullen (1) (D.Setoguchi, D.Heatley)

Shots: Anaheim 9 - 9 Minnesota

2nd period:

MIN 17:12 M.Koivu (1) (T.Gilbert)

Shots: Anaheim 16 - 13 Minnesota

3rd period:

MIN 0:57 D.Setoguchi (3) (Unassisted) (PP)

MIN 4:30 P.Bouchard (3) (G.Latendresse)

ANA 7:46 B.Ryan (2) (C.Perry, T.Lydman)

MIN 8:46 M.Koivu (2) (D.Heatley, D.Setoguchi)

Shots: Anaheim 16 - 10 Minnesota

3 stars:

#1 Niklas Backstrom (40 saves, 1 GA, 0.976SV%)

#2 Devin Setoguchi (1G, 2A, +3)

#3 Mikko Koivu (2G)

Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning: Game 2

Boxscore:

1st period:

TB 0:24 M.Bergeron (1) (T.Purcell, S.Stamkos)

Shots: Montreal 6 - 10 Tampa Bay

2nd period:

Nothing

Shots: Montreal 12 - 13 Tampa Bay

3rd period:

TB 0:39 S.Stamkos (1) (M.Bergeron, R.Malone) (PP)

MTL 7:12 B.Gionta (1) (T.Plekanec) (PP)

TB 8:38 M.St.Louis (1) (V.Lecavalier, R.Malone) (PP)

Shots: Montreal 11 - 13 Tampa Bay

Final score: Montreal 1 - 3 Tampa Bay

Total shots: Montreal 29 - 36 Tampa Bay

3 stars:

#1 Dwayne Roloson (1GA, 28 saves, 0.964SV%)

#3 Marc-André Bergeron (1G, 1A)

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Dallas Stars: Game 2

Boxscore:

1st period:

DAL 1:19 B.Morrow (2) (A.Burish, T.Daley)

Shots: Columbus 9 - 15 Dallas

2nd period:

Nothing

Shots: Columbus 12 - 5 Dallas

3rd period:

Nothing

Shots: Columbus 8 - 8 Dallas

Final score: Columbus 0 - 1 Dallas

Total shots: Columbus 29 - 28 Dallas

3 stars:

#1 Kari Lehtonen (29 save shutout)

#3 Brendan Morrow (GWG)

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Carolina Hurricanes: Game 2

Boxscore:

1st period:

CAR 9:38 A.Nodl (1) (T.Brent, J.Pitkanen)

TOR 11:36 M.Frattin (1) (M.Lombardi)

Shots: Toronto 4 - 16 Carolina

2nd period:

TOR 5:53 J.Lupul (1) (P.Kessel, T.Bozak) (PP)

TOR 9:59 P.Kessel (2) (T.Bozak, N.Kulemin) (PP)

Shots: Toronto 14 - 6 Carolina

3rd period:

TOR 0:29 C.MacArthur (1) (L.Schenn, M.Grabovski)

TOR 11:34 T.Bozak (1) (P.Kessel, J.Lupul) (PP)

Shots: Toronto 12 - 6 Carolina

Final score: Toronto 5 -1 Carolina

Total shots: Toronto 30 - 28 Carolina

3 stars:

Colorado Avalanche @ Edmonton Oilers: Game 3

Boxscore:

1st period:

Nothing

Shots: Colorado 12 - 4 Edmonton

2nd period:

Nothing again

Shots: Colorado 10 - 6 Edmonton

3rd period:

Still nothing

Shots: Colorado 9 - 12 Edmonton

OT:

COL 0:44 C.Kobasew (1) (P.Stastny, M.Hejduk)

Shots: Colorado 1 - 0 Edmonton

Final score: Colorado 1 - 0 Edmonton

Total shots: Colorado 32 - 22 Edmonton

3 stars:

#1 Nikolai Khabibulin (1GA, 0.968SV%, 31 saves)

#2 Semyon Varlamov (22 save shutout)

Winnipeg Jets @ New York Islanders: Game 3

Boxscore:

1st period:

NYI 6:25 D.Reese (1) (K.Okposo, M.Martin)

NYI 7:30 M.Reasoner (2) (M.Eaton)

NYI 11:15 M.Reasoner (3) (K.Okposo, M.Martin)

Shots: Winnipeg 12 - 14 New York

2nd period:

NYI 10:00 J.Tavares (1) (M.Grabner, P.Parenteau)

Shots: Winnipeg 14 - 9 New York

3rd period:

NYI 2:40 P.Parenteau (1) (K.Okposo, F.Nielsen)

NYI 12:30 M.Grabner (1) (M.Streit, F.Nielsen)

Shots: Winnipeg 9 - 12 New York

Final score: Winnipeg 0 - 6 New York

Total shots: Winnipeg 35 - 35 New York

3 stars:

#1 Evgeni Nabokov (35 save shutout, bounce back victory)

#2 Marty Reasoner (2G)

#3 Kyle Okposo (3A)

Here's what the Playoff tree looks like now: