My synopsis of the game, as someone cheering for Anaheim:
"Holy crap, game three was insane. Ottawa played beautifully, but the same can’t be said for Anaheim. After dominating the first period, they made stupid decisions throughout the latter part of the second period, and the entire third period. I can’t count how many times that they failed to take a shot on goal in the third period, and a shitload of missed passes in the second and third. Not to mention, Anaheim made way too many visits (12 I think) to the penalty box. Sure I can understand that they were getting frustrated, but the last thing you want to do when you’re down by a goal, much less two goals, is let your temper get the best of you. And what the hell was Pronger thinking when he threw that elbow at McAmmond? It was a very dirty hit, and it probably cost Anaheim the game. Amazingly, Pronger wasn’t sent to the box, but it sure as shit pissed of Ottawa and pumped them up. As much as I like Chris Pronger, I think he deserves to be suspended for at least one game.
To Anaheim’s credit, it wasn’t entirely their fault that they lost. The refs did make a lot of stupid calls which I believe that contributed to the Ottawa win. Though the decision that the goal wasn’t kicked in by Alfredsson was a good one, the same couldn’t be said by other decisions by the officials. I’m not saying that the refs were biased towards Ottawa, but it did seem that Ottawa wasn’t getting punished as often as Anaheim for playing as physical as they were. An example of a blown call is the interference against Emery since he was clearly outside the crease when he was knocked around. That was a minor penalty that shouldn’t have happened. Then again, maybe it was the refs way of giving Ottawa a free powerplay since they failed to punish Pronger.
All in all, a very exciting game and I can’t wait for game four. Go Ducks."