I've been talking with friends about the phenomenon of 'parity' within the NHL teams these days, as we witness game after game of the playoffs going into multiple overtime periods before the game ends.  The recent Ranger's/Capital's game was the perfect example: 3 regular periods of high-paced, ruggedly physical hockey followed 3 periods of 'can't make one mistake - go for it all' hockey!  Are you kidding me?!  This is all on top of having played more than 100 games already this season (as noted in my earlier post "My new favorite sport")!  I can tell you, games that go that long take a lot to recover from, and with still so many games to go these guys will be running on pure adrenaline at the end of this race; particularly if they have to play two hockey games a night to win one.  Their energy/injury level will be so exaggerated by that point ...  This stat says it all: Gaborik, playing 35 minutes of the 115 minute game scored the game winner on his 38th shift on the ice!  My, my...