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[mikko1995]

Outlaws humiliate Kings to advance to the Stanley Cup finals!

NHL Scoreboard - Los Angeles Kings (0-4) at Las Vegas Outlaws (4-0)

May 19, 2010 1 2 3 F Los Angeles Kings 1 0 0 1 Las Vegas Outlaws 2 2 6 10 Three Stars Jeremias Santala 3G, 1A Mikko Holopainen 1G, 2A Riku Kapanen 3A	Team Stats Comparison LA LV Shots on Goal 21 51 Hits 28 26 Faceoffs Won-Lost 11/21 21/11 Penalty Minutes 8:00 8:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Total Power Plays 4 4 Time on Attack 4:36 7:58
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring LV Olli Timonen (2) (Arttu Niinimaa, Riku Kapanen) SH 3:03 LA Dustin Brown (6) (Eric Belanger, Justin Williams) PP 3.39 LV Olli Timonen (3) (Niko Koistinen, Lauri Immonen) EV 17:11 Second Period Scoring LV Jeremias Santala (15) EV 2:32 LV Jeremias Santala (16) (Riku Kapanen, Lauri Immonen) SH 8:32 Third Period Scoring LV Aleksi Korhonen (9) EV 2:22 LV Tomi Kallio (3) (Mikko Holopainen, Arttu Niinimaa) EV 2:39 LV Arttu Niinimaa (6) (Mikko Holopainen, Henri Markkanen) EV 3:21 LV Jeremias Santala (17) (Miro Hagman, Riku Kapanen) EV 16:25 LV Mikko Holopainen (7) EV 17:54 LV Roope Rinne (4) (Miro Hagman, Jeremias Santala) EV 19:13
Los Angeles Kings - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Evgeni Nabokov 29 24 83% 7.09 Jonathan Bernier 22 17 77% 17.00 Las Vegas Outlaws - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Lauri Immonen 21 20 95% 1.00

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Round 3 results

(7) Montreal Canadiens 1
vs.
(8) Toronto Maple Leafs 4

(6) Los Angeles Kings 0
vs.
(7) Las Vegas Outlaws 4

STANLEY CUP FINAL MATCHUP

(8) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (7) Las Vegas Outlaws

[mikko1995]

Rookie team challenges one of the Original Six

There is only one battle left in this season of NHL, rookie team Las Vegas Outlaws will face Original Six and one of the most legendary teams in the NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Leafs were the last team on Eastern Conference to make it to the playoffs, but the beat the reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1, then they won Buffalo Sabres in a dramatic series 4-3, Leafs were losing the series 3-1, but they won three games in a row and moved to the next round. There we saw a real classic, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. Leafs' offense was too much for Canadiens and Leafs won the series 4-1.

Meanwhile Las Vegas was 7th in Western Conference they face Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs. Oilers' Patrick O'Sullivan was on fire, but the Outlaws moved on with 4-1 series win. Then they played against the Presidents' Trophy winner Dallas Stars, there were much less mistakes, but Stars lost the series 4-1. After that it was Las Vegas and Los Angeles Kings. Kings fought hard in the first match, but after that Outlaws offense just rolled over the Kings defense and goalies.

Maple Leafs and Outlaws, old and new, Canada and USA. For sure many hockey fans are supporting Toronto because they much more history than Outlaws. And when you compare the fans between Toronto and Las Vegas, you might think that there is no hockey fans in Las Vegas, but they have sold out almost every game of their history and they have been one of the loudest fans in the NHL.

Here are the expected lines for the Finals:

Toronto Maple Leafs - 2010 Depth Chart

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
LW	Nikolai Kulemin	Matthew Clark (A)	Colin Stuart	Ryan Hollweg
C	Phil Kessel (C)	Rickard Wallin	Mikhail Grabovski	Preston Cheechoo	Michal Olvecky
RW	Alexander Semin	Fredrik Sjostrom	Colton Orr	Juhamatti Aaltonen
DEF 1	Tomas Kaberle	Francois Beuchamin	Mike Van Ryn	Jeff Finger
DEF 2	Dion Phaneuf (A)	Luke Schenn	Garnet Exelby
G	Jean-Sebastian Giguere	James Reimer

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Las Vegas Outlaws - 2010 Depth Chart

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
LW	Miro Hagman	Tomi Kallio	Niko Koistinen	Eero Virtanen	Atte Kultanen
C	Jeremias Santala (C)	Arttu Niinimaa	Jori Lehtera	Stephan Leclaire
RW	Aleksi Korhonen	Jere Ramo	Olli Timonen	Tuomas Kiiskinen
DEF 1	Roope Rinne	Mikko Holopainen	Ville Kiprusoff	Sami Lepisto
DEF 2	Riku Kapanen (A)	Henri Markkanen (A)	Ville Vallin
G	Lauri Immonen	Mika Jarvinen

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Juhamatti Aaltonen who joined the Las Vegas Outlaws was claimed of waivers to Toronto in the start of the season. If this series would have to be decided on offense, it would be pretty tight, Outlaws' captain Jeremias Santala is the soul of Outlaws' first line, as Arttu Niinimaa takes care of second line and third and fourth line are usually ment to shutdown the opposition, but once in a while they take the game to their own hands and start to score. Leafs' offense is great, they have lots of young and skillful players like Phil Kessel and Matthew Clark. Alexander Semin is one of the best players in the NHL, and he is the leading scorer for the Leafs in the playoffs.

Leafs' defense is full of veterans like Tomas Kaberle and Mike Van Ryn, there is also two younger guys, Luke Schenn and Dion Phaneuf. Phaneuf is one of the best hitters of the league and he has got a great shot, Kaberle is a great fit to play alongside Phaneuf, he brings so much to his team and he is a powerplay specialist. Luke Schenn and Francois Beuchamin are both great hitters and they can also score when they need to.

Outlaws' has a solid defense, Riku Kapanen, Roope Rinne and Henri Markkanen are all excellent offensive defenseman's, everyone of them broke 50 point mark in the regular season. Then the 3rd pair is balanced, Ville Kiprusoff is very good offensive defenseman and Ville Vallin takes the defensive job. And then Mikko Holopainen, the suprise of the playoffs. Holopainen scored six goals and 32 points in the regular season and now he has already got seven goals 27 points in just 14 games! He is very, very good in the defensive end and he is a great passer, he tooked over Ville Vallin's place in the Powerplay in the series' against the Stars and he has kept the place.

Then there are the goalies. Leafs' have Stanley Cup-winner Jean-Sebastian Giguere and he has played really well in the playoffs. And his backup James Reimer isn't that good to play many games in the Finals.

Outlaws' goalie Lauri Immonen has been amazing in this years playoffs, he has faced over 40 shots in many games and he has got incredible 8 assists in the playoffs, that is more than Leafs' forward Matthew Clark has assists, and Clark has played in the second line all the time.

Overall, Outlaws has scored more goals and let in less goals than Maple Leafs, but Outlaws' PP and PK % is not good, so this is going to be a tight series from start to finish.

[hockeyplaya2724]

Wow you destroyed LA, good luck against the Leafs.

[mikko1995]

Quote: Originally Posted by hockeyplaya2724

Wow you destroyed LA, good luck against the Leafs.

Thanks man.

[matt314hew]

What a nice win. 10 to 1. Did they have a goalie that game?

Best of luck in the Finals. Lets go Leafs.

[hockeyplaya2724]

Quote: Originally Posted by matt314hew

What a nice win. 10 to 1. Did they have a goalie that game? Best of luck in the Finals. Lets go Leafs.

If they did obviously not a good one lol

[mikko1995]

Quote: Originally Posted by matt314hew

What a nice win. 10 to 1. Did they have a goalie that game? Best of luck in the Finals. Lets go Leafs.

They started with Nabokov, but he was tossed after my 5-1 goal, I had ever played so good hockey than I played in the last period, my passes were great, I even kept the puck at Kings end in PK, LA had only 1 shot on goal in the last period and I had about 25 shots on goal. Bernier was pretty good and made great saves, but he let 5 goals in.

[mikko1995]

NHL Scoreboard - Las Vegas Outlaws (1-0) at Toronto Maple Leafs (0-1)

May 23, 2010 1 2 3 OT F Las Vegas Outlaws 0 1 1 1 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 0 0 2 Three Stars Mikko Holopainen 1G Colton Orr 1G Francois Beuchamin 1A	Team Stats Comparison LV TOR Shots on Goal 30 24 Hits 31 26 Faceoffs Won-Lost 17/9 9/17 Penalty Minutes 4:00 10:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Total Power Plays 5 2 Time on Attack 7:53 5:34
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring TOR Preston Cheechoo (2) (Juhamatti Aaltonen, Francois Beuchamin) EV 5:54 Second Period Scoring TOR Colton Orr (3) (Mikhail Grabovski, Colin Stuart) EV 7:23 LV Miro Hagman (5) (Riku Kapanen) PP 13.21 Third Period Scoring LV Olli Timonen (4) (Lauri Immonen) EV 16:41 Overtime Scoring LV Mikko Holopainen (8) (Arttu Niinimaa) EV 0:25
Las Vegas Outlaws - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Lauri Immonen 24 23 96% 2.01 Toronto Maple Leafs - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Jean-Sebastian Giguere 30 27 90% 2.99

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