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It was a trap. Just when they thought they were on easy street, they were hit with the shocking news: the Tampa Bay Lightning had not come to Vancouver simply to give the Canucks a workout. They had each and every intention of winning. And sure enough, when the final horn sounded, the Lightning had left the Pacific Coliseum victorious. Though Pavel Bure got the Canucks off to a good start, scoring the first goal of the game, the Lightning closed the show with three unanswered goals, emerging winners by a final score of 3-1. Daren Puppa, who by himself achieved fourteen of the Lightning's seventeen victories in the 1994-95 season (and also led the team in goals against average, with a 2.68 margin), achieved 83 saves of a possible 84 for a 98% success rate against the Canucks' offensive attack unit. The reliable veteran, who had been in the NHL since 1985 and was a few years removed from the only All-Star Game (and second All-Star team selection) of his career, won an NCAA championship in 1985 with the RPI Engineers and twice finished as a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the best goaltender in the NHL; in 1990, he lost out to Patrick Roy, and in the 1995-96 season (the season on which "NHL '97" is based, whereas I have been doing my recent set of CPU vs. CPU simulation games in "NHL '96") he earned his second Vezina nomination, this time losing out to Jim Carey (in a fit of diabolical irony, not only is he not related to the actor Jim Carrey, but he hails from the United States [whereas Carrey is originally from Canada, the mecca of ice hockey]). Mikael Andersson, one of two noteworthy players to carry the name (but the only one to leave his native Sweden to play in the NHL; interestingly both played in Västra Frölunda at different times, their stints never overlapping) finished with one goal (and one point) while taking nine shots on the goal and never being penalized. The aforementioned Pavel Bure, a seven-time NHL All-Star and one of the few players to make it to the Hockey Hall of Fame despite never winning a Stanley Cup (his induction coming in 2012), finished with the aforementioned goal (and one point) while taking eight shots on the goal and never seeing the box (which is to say, the journeyman Andersson had a performance roughly on par with that of a future HoF legend). Having successfully taken their 'championship' back to the ThunderDome, to welcome a storied opponent in the Edmonton Oilers. Though the Oilers were arguably the greatest dynasty of the 1980s (and even extended it into the early 90s, winning their fifth championship at the end of the 1989-90 season that many thought would be the continuation of a rebuilding process following the departure of Wayne Gretzky in 1988), they were now several years removed from that last championship, and had been a team on the decline ever since. The 1994-95 season marked the second straight season in which they failed to qualify for the postseason, as they capped off the strike-shortened season with a 17-27-4 record (which was only ahead of Anaheim for the worst record in the Western conference). Bad though the season was, they had some bright spots. For example, goals leader Dave Oliver finished ahead of both Brian Bradley and Petr Klima, leading with 16 goals to their 13 apiece. Doug Weight led in both assists (33) and points (40), which surpassed Brian Bradley's assist lead (27) while tying his point lead (40). Bill Ranford also finished with more wins than Daren Puppa (15 to 14), and had a superior goals against average (3.62 to 2.68). Ultimately, none of that mattered, for at the end of the game, Tampa Bay had beaten Edmonton soundly. They got off to a 2-0 lead that remained unblemished until only 1:11 remained in the first period, and scored five consecutive goals to put the game completely out of reach. The scoreboard reflected what had been less of a contest and more of an assassination: Tampa Bay 7, Edmonton 1. Brian Bradley, who was selected for the NHL All-Star game in both of the two seasons prior to 1994-95, and set a record in 1993 that stood for 25 years, for the most goals scored by one player in an expansion team's inaugural season (42), was responsible by himself for two of the seven goals Tampa Bay scored. Combining that with one assist, he finished with three points, and also took six shots on goal while only getting penalized once (for two minutes in the box). Daren Puppa was again nearly perfect with his goaltending, his 95 saves of a possible 96 giving him a 98% success rate against Edmonton's offense. Marc Bergevin, a Montreal native, contributed one goal and an assist (for two points), while taking nine shots on the goal and getting penalized twice (for four minutes in the box). Shayne Corson, who served as captain of the Oilers from January to April (before this position became vacant following the firing of head coach George Burnett), scored the only goal of the game for Edmonton (and earned one point for it), while taking sixteen shots on the goal and being penalized just once (for two minutes in the box). The Lightning went for a tougher challenge in their following game, facing the St. Louis Blues (who earned the third seed in the Western conference and were second only to the Presidents' Trophy-winning [and top Western seed] Detroit Red Wings in the Central division). Though the Lightning were able to score two goals, St. Louis emerged with four, and brought the 'title' back to the Kiel Center with a 4-2 victory. Curtis Joseph, who by himself earned twenty of St. Louis' 28 wins, finished with 69 saves of a possible 71 (for a 97% success rate) while Daren Puppa had 78 saves of a possible 81 (for a 96% success rate; the fourth goal for St.Louis came on an empty-netter). Paul Ysebaert, a journeyman who was already on his fifth and last NHL team, led the Lightning with two goals (and two points), while taking eighteen shots on the goal and being penalized once (for two in the box). Adam Creighton, another journeyman who was on his fourth of five NHL teams, finished with two goals (and two points) while taking nine shots on the goal and incurring just one penalty (for two in the box). Incredibly, after beating the team that finished ahead of only the New York Islanders in the Atlantic division, the Blues lost in a stunning upset to the team which did finish last, as the Islanders came into the Kiel Center and silenced a crowd of 19,469 with a 4-0 victory. Though the Islanders had started the season 4-2-1, they won just 11 of the remaining 41. And yet, they looked more like the legendary Islanders dynasty that won four straight Stanley Cups, in a performance where they genuinely befuddled the talented Blues and their captain,the great Brett Hull. Leading the way for the Islanders were Tommy Söderström, whose 83 saves of 83 gave him a 100% success rate against the fearsome St. Louis offense. All four of the Islanders' goals were scored by just two men: Steve Thomas, an undrafted journeyman who played 20 years in the NHL for 6 different teams (with the Islanders being his third stop of six), and Kirk Muller (another journeyman, though in his case he was picked 2nd overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft; he was also a member of the 1992-93 Canadiens championship team). Thomas and Muller combined for four goals, one assist (by Thomas), five points, 22 shots on the goal, and no time in the box. The next test for the Islanders will come against the Calgary Flames, the team that won the Pacific Division and earned the second seed in the West. Will there be another upset? Only time will tell! In any event, they should both make it quite exciting.