Admittedly I am not a hockey fan and only follow the sport from a distance. With that said, I am not sure what the hell happened to Atlanta. How did they go from two close games at home (4-3, 2-1) to a total blowout in New York (7-0), followed by last night’s third period collapse ending in a 4-2 loss? I guess the last one is not fair because they did not collapse, but when you are fighting against elimination, it is hard to overcome going down early in the third period (at least that is what I assume).
If I did follow hockey maybe I would understand happened to the Thrashers. As it stands the only thing I can figure out is that the Rangers had a power play % of 20.8 compared to 5.9 for the Thrashers. Maybe that is enough to turn this one into a sweep? Or maybe it was a complete lack of playoff experience by the Thrashers who were making their first ever playoff appearance.
