An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Tuesday, February 17, 2015?
Chelsea leave Paris happy: Two legged playoffs like the Champions League are such that the visiting team is happy to come away with a tie in the first game, especially if it’s not a scoreless tie. This is because the first tie-breaker in case the two teams are even on goals after their second game is how many goals the team scored as a visitor. After yesterday’s 1-1 tie against PSG, Chelsea has the upper hand. Line: When is a tie a win? When it’s the first half of a two-leg playoff.
5-1 but not that lopsided: The Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1 last night but the game was not nearly as lopsided as it appears from that score. Nashville’s goalie, Pekke Rinne, made 42 saves. That’s a lot of saves! If the Predators didn’t have one of the best goalies in the world on their team, they still may have won, but the score would probably have been 5-3 or 5-4. Line: Having a great goalie is the most important thing in hockey.
St. John’s Law: They may not quite be up to the standard of Murphy, but it did seem like anything that could go wrong for St. John’s last night in their game against Georgetown, did. The St. John’s team ended the game limping and losing, 79-57. Line: Coming in with a three game winning streak, I expected more from St. John’s.
