Well, Game 2 between the San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks was certainly eventful.
The Canucks taking a 2-0 lead in this series with a rout that exposed the Sharks' offense, defense, goaltending and level of competition. The Sedins picking up four power-play points as Vancouver scores three power-play goals in the 7-3 victory. Ben Eager of the Sharks taking a boarding penalty, then a tripping penalty that led to a Canucks' goal, then scoring a goal himself and chirping Roberto Luongo while standing over him, earning a roughing call at 17:27; and then getting cross-checking and misconduct penalties at 19:51. All while coach Todd McLellan kept putting him out there.
Oh, and of course, the Girl Who Flashed Ben Eager in the Penalty Box, making a strong case against mandatory attendance by the Green Men at all Canucks home games.
But the most memorable night was that of Kevin Bieksa, the defenseman who scored on a breakaway, fought Patrick Marleau (!) and picked up an assist for the Gordie Howe Hat Trick:
Patrick Marleau tried to spark his team. It didn't work. In fact, once again in the third period, the Sharks lost their composure, as coach Todd McLellan declared in his postgame press conference. "I'm not going to sit here and try to protect them," he said.
Bieksa was asked if the Sharks began to lose their composure after that fight; he said:
"Yeah, I don't know. I can't see in their heads, but I'm not sure what got them rattled. I don't really care too much about how they're feeling. I know we scored a couple big goals in the second. For whatever reason, they took some penalties in the third.
"That's been the strength of our team all year, is our power-play. A lot of the games we've won by three, four goals, they were close games until the other team started to get undisciplined. And on our power-play we capitalized.
Like Danny said, our power-play is going right now, we're scoring goals, so that's how we keep teams honest."
Vancouver leads the series and in pierced-boobs-against-the-glass, 2-0. (Stick-tap Ed P.)