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Prognostication has never been something I am exceptionally good at, though I take a little pride in having predicted the exact score for a recent Montreal Canadiens victory over the Ottawa Senators (a 4-1 verdict against a Senators team that had recently defeated a good, albeit shorthanded, Panthers squad currently attempting to defend their Stanley Cup championship). It has been a couple of days, and I have managed to overcome the embarrassment of finding myself twenty years behind the times in regards to my understanding of certain NHL rules, which materialized in an ill-advised prediction involving a recent game--their most recent, as of the time of writing--between the Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins. My call had been a 2-2 tie, perhaps influenced by a recent "NHL '96" simulation I did where the two teams battled to just such a deadlock, with no winning goal coming thereafter in the five-minute overtime period. I had predicted that Sidney Crosby and Alex Newhook would both be good for two goals apiece, and after discovering the 2005 rule change that completely eliminated any possibility of a game ending in a tie, I amended the prediction to reflect a 3-2 win for Montreal, with Cole Caufield scoring the game-winning goal in overtime. (He has been on fire since taking the number #13, in honor of Johnny Gaudreau.) Interestingly, Crosby, Newhook, and Caufield did not earn any points, and even a 3-2 prediction was being too generous in Montreal's favor; in the actual game the Canadiens lost 6-3, only briefly holding a lead in the second period after trailing 2-0 to begin the contest. They did not attempt a shot on goal until twelve minutes had already come and gone, meaning there were only roughly eight minutes left in the first period when Montreal made an initial effort to get one past Tristan Jarry. Montreal bounced back and scored a hat trick's worth of goals to take the lead, only for the resilient Penguins to hit them with four unanswered. Shades of the Saints' recent loss to the Bucs, where they found themselves down 17-0 after one quarter, hit them with 27 points in a single quarter (one of the most efficient single-quarter performances in recent memory, and most certainly in team history) and led 27-24 at halftime, then fizzled out as the Bucs matched those 27 points over the second half of play to take it 51-27. The Canadiens will soon be wrapping up their 'homebound' series with a game against the Los Angeles Kings tomorrow, and I have come up with an 8-3 prediction in Montreal's favor (with Brendan Gallagher and Josh Anderson scoring two goals apiece). Using "NHL '96" as a way to try and look into the future (by viewing it through a lens of the past), Montreal raced to a 4-0 lead and did not surrender a goal until 7:06 remained in the second period. Realizing I will almost certainly be wrong but hoping against hope that I'm right, one thing is for certain: I will never have an erroneous 'draw' prediction again for any NHL game in the future. Hall of Famer Patrick Roy finished with 69 saves of a possible 72 for a 95% success rate against the Kings' offense, while Mike Keane and Mark Recchi (the latter of whom is also in the Hall) combined for four goals (and four points) while taking 22 shots on the goal and being penalized twice (one penalty apiece sustained by each man, as they combined for four minutes in the box). Too little, too late though it was, I wanted to see how it would have turned out if I had bothered to 'redo' my flawed draw prediction, and thus I staged a rematch between the Canadiens and Penguins. Same rules as before, and again the game was taking place in Montreal (at the Forum, as opposed to the Bell Centre they've called home for almost thirty years). This time around, the Canadiens won 3-1, with Patrick Roy's 77 saves of a possible 78 giving him a 98% success rate. Brian Bellows did not score a goal, but in a rare feat under the circumstances led the team in points, his three assists (one on every goal) giving him three points. For his part, he did take three shots on the goal, but none went in. He was also penalized once, for two minutes in the box. On the other hand, Patrice Brisebois was a perfect scorer. Literally, flawless. He was one of two Canadiens to score a goal and record an assist on another, finishing with two points. However, it must be noted that Brisebois, a true native son of Montreal, scored on his sole shot on the goal. He only took one shot, but he damn sure made it count. Never got penalized either. Getting back to Chicago, the Blackhawks having recently beaten my Florida Panthers to take the 'title' home to the United Center, they matched their hockey wits against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. In real life, when these division rivals met, Chicago won three of their four meetings, the sole defeat coming in a 3-1 upset on the road. In all other cases, they won by three goals each time: a 5-2 home victory, a 3-0 shutout at home, and another 3-0 shutout in Anaheim. Though they were unable to get that three-goal margin in their virtual encounter, Chicago still made it clear why they were the better team, and proved it head-to-head four times in the 1994-95 season: game though the Ducks were, they were not Mighty enough to stun the Blackhawks, who came out winners by a final score of 4-2. Ed Belfour showed the stuff a Hall of Famer is made of, his 59 saves of 61 giving him a 96% success rate against Anaheim's offense. Tony Amonte, a five-time NHL All-Star Game selection, combined with the somewhat less prolific (but still solid) Patrick Poulin for two goals and two assists (for a total of four points), while taking an aggregate 27 shots on goal and only being penalized once (the penalty going against Amonte, who spent two in the box). Chicago's next game was against the Pittsburgh Penguins, a team they did not face at any point in 1994-95, though with some better luck they could have possibly met in the Stanley Cup Final. (Coulda shoulda woulda, right?) The Penguins scored a goal on 12.9% of the shots they took all season, which may seem low but is actually quite impressive by NHL standards, and gave them the highest overall shooting percentage. Sure enough, a reversal of fate played out for the Blackhawks, who found themselves beaten 4-2 after having won by that margin over Anaheim; an empty-net goal at the end ended the Blackhawks' prospects of possibly forcing overtime. Tom Barrasso, a recent inductee to the Hall(making it just a year ago), finished with 74 saves of a possible 76, which yielded a 97% success rate against Chicago's willing but unable offense. Kevin Stevens, a two-time Stanley Cup champion who made it to three NHL All-Star teams (first team 1992, second team 1991 and 1993) and played in the NHL All-Star Game in all three years, but who for some reason is still not in the Hall, finished with a goal and an assist (for two points) while taking six shots on the goal and never seeing the box. The Penguins, not by choice but the luck of the randomizer, will next be facing the Kings. How ironic it is to see Montreal's last opponent, and their next opponent, facing each other in a game. Soon enough, we will know how it all went down. For now, I gently press my head on a yellow stuffed bear that I won today playing bingo. Sometimes, I still miss Cuddles, but I know he's with a good owner. It's nice to have a bear again.