Looking at Saturday

Tomorrow is going to be a day of highs and lows for me.

Low: annual mammogram time! Why, it seems like much less than a year since I was called back for a second screening that was so agonizingly painful it left bruises! (Remember that? I do!)

High: well, other than the fact that it's Saturday (ahhhh), and that the temps will be high (double ahhhh), the Bruins' next series starts! Yay! I'm hoping for the Bruins to acquit themselves well overall, of course--hell, you know I want them to win--but I'm really hoping to see Jagr take off, as he has yet to do in the playoffs.

Interesting stats about the special teams (courtesy of Backhand Shelf):

Powerplay:
PIT: 24.7% (2nd)
BOS: 14.8% (26nd)

Penalty kill:
PIT: 79.6% (25th)
BOS: 87.1% (4th)

So, basically, it's really good power play versus really good penalty kill, and ... pretty rotten PP versus equally rotten PK. Should be interesting!

In other hockey news, from the NYT, an extremely thorough piece about exactly why a Canadian team hasn't won the Cup since 1993. Twenty years ago, people!

Incidentally, speaking of hockey stats, how crazy is it that the last four Cup winners are the last four left in the playoffs this year? I'll tell you: it's freaking nuts.

In conclusion, now for something completely different: a cow on a car hood. Of course.

That is all. Good night!