Elsewhere I think it was a great night for the Rangers:
1. The Isles won, so they are now locked into playing the Canes.
2. The Caps and Wings won.
What that means is if the Caps or Wings win tomorrow night, the Pens are eliminated (they both have a magic # of 2 over the Pens since the Pens have the TB). The Caps are at the Flyers, the Wings are at Montreal. The Caps have the tiebreaker, so they have the edge, but the Flyers could win that game potentially. The Pens are at the Isles on Wednesday night, but I am thinking they will be eliminated by then hopefully. It would be very surprising to me if both the Caps and Wings lose. I have to think one will win with their playoff lives on the line, playing lesser teams.
Caps - 81 GP, 89 points, 31 RW's
Wings - 81 GP, 89 points, 27 RW's
Pens - 81 GP, 88 points, 32 RW's
Between the Caps and Wings I don't really have a preference either way. Maybe I lean slightly to rooting for the Wings, but pretty similar. Either way, the Rangers should beat either team in less than 7 IMO. Then hope the Isles can beat up on the Canes a bit in their series.