Ryan Miller was unbelievable. The rest of the team was unbelievably bad. Ottawa won Game 3 by the score of 1-0 on a Daniel Alfredsson tap in goal. Ryan Miller tried to play the rebound off the back boards, but instead of covering the puck, it hit his glove and bounced backward, giving Alfredsson an easy goal. Ottawa dominated the rest of the game and the only reason that the score wasn't 10-1 was because of Ryan Miller. Buffalo had an early chance one minute into the game when Danny Briere was in front of the net all alone, but he held onto the puck and eventually lost the pick with Emery down on the ice. The Buffalo Power Play was as bad as it possibly could be, managing zero real scoring chances.
In my opinion, Miller was Buffalo's best player without a doubt, probably the best player on the ice. Tallinder, Lydman, and Nuemminen were solid on defense for Buffalo. Afinogenov and Pominville were probably Buffalo's two best forwards. Everyone on Ottawa was very good, and I believe Ottawa's defense made more saves than Emery, led by Anton Volchenkov.
I feel that it is time to get Daniel Paille, Nathan Paetsch, and Drew Stafford all into the lineup. I think taking out either Spacek or Kalinin, or maybe Paetsch at the forward and take out Gaustad, Mair, and Kotalik. I would have no problems with any of these moves. During the game, Derek Roy moved to the left wing of Drury and Zubrus, and Tim Connolly moved to center of Vanek and Afinogenov.
2nd Star: Ryan Miller
3rd Star: Ray Emery
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