Seriously, the complete randomness going on in the third period of most games is reminding me more and more of the 4th quarter in NBA. It's almost as if it has become 2 periods of skating, one period of actual play sport.
<table class="yspwhitebg" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="yspsctbg" align="right"><td colspan="2" class="ysptblhdr" align="left" height="18"> Scoring Summary</td> <td class="ysptblhdr" width="18%"> </td> </tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2"> <td colspan="3" class="yspdetailttl" height="18"> 1st Period</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" valign="top"> None</td></tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2"> <td colspan="3" class="yspdetailttl" height="18"> 2nd Period</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">0:59, Mike York 10 (Trent Hunter, Chris Campoli)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> Boston</td><td width="75%">6:24, Patrice Bergeron 15 (Marco Sturm)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2"> <td colspan="3" class="yspdetailttl" height="18"> 3rd Period</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">0:44, Trent Hunter 10 (Chris Campoli, Mike York)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> Boston</td><td width="75%">4:20, P.J. Axelsson 10 (power play) (Brad Stuart, Sergei Samsonov)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> Boston</td><td width="75%">6:35, Brad Boyes 13 (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Stuart)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">8:49, Alexei Zhitnik 5 (Mike York, Trent Hunter)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">9:09, Mark Parrish 19 (Shawn Bates)</td><td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td height="7">
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<table class="yspwhitebg" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="yspsctbg" align="right"><td colspan="2" class="ysptblhdr" align="left" height="18"> Scoring Summary</td> <td class="ysptblhdr" width="18%"> </td> </tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2"> <td colspan="3" class="yspdetailttl" height="18"> 1st Period</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" valign="top"> None</td></tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2"> <td colspan="3" class="yspdetailttl" height="18"> 2nd Period</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">0:59, Mike York 10 (Trent Hunter, Chris Campoli)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> Boston</td><td width="75%">6:24, Patrice Bergeron 15 (Marco Sturm)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2"> <td colspan="3" class="yspdetailttl" height="18"> 3rd Period</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">0:44, Trent Hunter 10 (Chris Campoli, Mike York)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> Boston</td><td width="75%">4:20, P.J. Axelsson 10 (power play) (Brad Stuart, Sergei Samsonov)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> Boston</td><td width="75%">6:35, Brad Boyes 13 (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Stuart)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">8:49, Alexei Zhitnik 5 (Mike York, Trent Hunter)</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> NY Islanders</td><td width="75%">9:09, Mark Parrish 19 (Shawn Bates)</td><td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td height="7">
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