As usual Donuts are off to slow scoring start and let Long Island score first. The first of Jason Blake's 4 goal performance. Even though Donuts out shot the Express with 18-10 it was 1-0 going into the intermission.
In a penalty filled second period (10 minors total) Express scored a second goal to 2-0. It was not until late in the second period that Donuts found the fast track to the crease (sorry...) Niedermayer (14) and Rolston (21) made the score 2-2 going into the final period. With all penaltie sno one had time to shot the puck so it was only 8-8 in the shots on goal in the period.
Third period saw Jovanovski (10) score a powerplay goal to go ahead 3-2.
Jason Blake score 2 goals at 3 and 13 min into the game, to again push Long Island ahead. Just 400 seconds to go and down by 3-4 not looking good. Long Island relaxed a bit after the score and that let Donuts score less than a minute after Long Islands score, Boucher (14). In a daring move Boucher then darted up scoring again just 11 seconds after his first goal, Boucher (15). Jason Blake scored his 4:th goal for a 5-5 tie with 3 minutes remaining. Stumpel (17) scored the game winner with a minute remaining and Boucher (15) completed his hattrick with an empty netter with 10 seconds remaining.5 out of the 7 Donuts goals where by defensemen, talk about scoring from the blue line. Donuts won the last period by 5-3 and out shooting with 20-10 for a total of 46-28.
First star: Boucher, 3G 1A, 5 SOGs, 1 blocked shot, +3 on the night, 2-1 in corners and 14-3 in passing all star performance in 27 minutes.
Second star: Niedermayer, 1G 2A, 6 SOGs, +4 on the night and 8-3 in passing.
Third star: Rolston, 1G 2A, 5 SOGs, +4 on the night and 8-1 in passing.
