Urkie
The MVP...
Whoa, whoa, whoa there Urk.
That happened in Game 4, right? The Ducks already held a 2-1 series lead. The Ducks pretty much dominated game 1 and 2, despite the low scoring nature of both games. That game was tied 2-2 when Alfredsson made that boneheaded play.
He definitely shot the puck directly at Niedermayer. Karma's a bitch and maybe that's why an Ottawa team with Alfredsson is cursed.
But regardless, the Ducks were taking it to the Sens in that series and would have won the game and the series regardless of the play.
Exactly, it was 2-2 in game 4 when it happened. If the Sens take that game it's a new series. But Alfie's shot at Niedermayer fired the Ducks up and they took over.
I remember that game 4 well. The Sens absolutely dominated the first period and Alfie scored with 1 second to go in the first. Then the Ducks answered with an equally dominant second period but Heatley scored late in the period to tie the game. I don't know if Alfie was thinking it would fire his team up or not but I think it backfired for sure.