 2010-11 Stats |
Atlantic Division Semifinal – Series “A” (best-of-7) A1-Portland Pirates vs. A3-Connecticut Whale Game 1 – Thu., Apr. 14 – Connecticut at Portland, 7:00 ET Game 2 – Sat., Apr. 16 – Connecticut at Portland, 7:00 ET Game 3 – Sun., Apr. 17 – Portland at Connecticut, 6:00 ET Game 4 – Tue., Apr. 19 – Portland at Connecticut, 7:00 ET *Game 5 – Thu., Apr. 21 – Connecticut at Portland, 7:00 ET *Game 6 – Sat., Apr. 23 – Portland at Connecticut, 7:00 ET *Game 7 – Mon., Apr. 25 – Connecticut at Portland, 7:00 ET |
 2010-11 Stats |
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Regular Season Comparison
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Calder Cup Playoff History
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| Record | 47-24-7-4 | 40-32-2-6 | Appearances | 14th | 13th | 2008 DSF | W, 4-1 | |||
| Points | 103 | 88 | 2010 Result | Lost div. semi | DNQ | 2006 DF | W, 4-3 | |||
| Home | 25-8-6-1 | 19-17-2-2 | Record (games) | 64-62 | 57-58 | 2004 DSF | W, 4-1 | |||
| Road | 22-16-1-1 | 21-15-0-4 | Record (series) | 12-12 | 11-11 | |||||
| Goals for | 280 | 221 | OT record | 10-15 | 9-13 | |||||
| Goals against | 238 | 223 | Calder Cup titles | 1 (1994) | 1 (2000) | |||||
| PP% (rank) | 18.8 (13) | 19.3 (10) | Losing finalist | 1 (1996) | 0 | |||||
| PK% (rank) | 82.3 (16) | 82.4 (14) | Deepest advance | Won Cup | Won Cup | |||||
| 2010-11 Regular Season Series | |||||
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| Record | 3-2-3-0 (9 pts.) | 5-3-0-0 (10 pts.) | Dec. 29 | POR 1 at CT 2 (OT) | |
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1-1-2-0 | 3-1-0-0 | Dec. 31 | CT 5 at POR 4 (OT) | |
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2-1-1-0 | 2-2-0-0 | Jan. 14 | CT 0 at POR 3 | |
| Goals | 20 | 21 | Jan. 29 | POR 3 at CT 2 | |
| Power play | 3/34 (8.8%) | 5/32 (15.6%) | Feb. 5 | CT 4 at POR 3 | |
| Scoring | Crawford: 8gp, 1-5-6 | Kolarik: 9gp, 4-5-9 | Feb. 6 | POR 3 at CT 2 | |
| Tropp: 8gp, 0-6-6 | Redden: 7gp, 1-6-7 | Feb. 21 | CT 2 at POR 1 (OT) | ||
| McCauley: 8gp, 1-4-5 | Newbury: 6gp, 2-2-4 | Apr. 3 | POR 2 at CT 4 | ||
| Mancari: 7gp, 3-1-4 | |||||
| Goaltending | Leggio: 3-1-0, 2.01 | Johnson: 3-2-0, 2.39 | |||
| Enroth: 0-4-0, 3.24 | Grumet-Morris: 2-0-0, 2.51 | ||||
| *includes 3 GP with SPR | |||||
SERIES NOTEBOOK:
Portland and Connecticut meet in the postseason for the fourth time in eight years... The Whale won five of eight meetings in the regular season, including three in overtime... The Pirates have lost three consecutive series since reaching the conference finals in 2008, and carry an eight-game playoff losing streak into this postseason... AHL Rookie of the Year Luke Adam, who co-led all AHL rookies with 29 goals in the regular season, was held to 0-3-3 in five games vs. Connecticut... David Leggio had a .943 save percentage (3-1-0, 2.01) in his four starts vs. the Whale... Portland head coach Kevin Dineen played 587 career games with the NHL’s Hartford Whalers... Connecticut, which was known as the Hartford Wolf Pack from 1997-2010, has dropped four series in a row and six of seven playoff series since getting to the conference finals in 2004... Whale forward Jeremy Williams tied a career high with 32 goals in the regular season... Wade Redden is a veteran of 101 Stanley Cup Playoff games, reaching the Finals with Ottawa in 2007... Dov Grumet-Morris, who played 11 games for the Pirates in 2006-07, was 13-5-1 in 22 appearances for Connecticut in 2010-11... Connecticut enters a series as the lower seed for the first time since losing to division-champion Portland in the 2006 Atlantic finals, and for just the third time in 23 series ever.