Indeed, that was a fucking crazy third period. Such a great game to watch. All game sevens are pretty great, but that might be one for the ages. The teams were so closely matched, luck heavily influenced things more often than not in the series. Colorado largely being defeated by goals scored by a player they couldn’t come to terms with about money a few months ago is a bit of a story. I take back all my misgivings about a player being traded twice in a season. He knew what he wanted, and he went for it.
As far as who wins tomorrow, I honestly don’t know who I’d rather the Stars face. I don’t think either would be as difficult as the Avalanche, but both deserve to be in the second round.
DeBoer is an X-man. His mutant power is not losing in a game 7.
Also, last night was the 3rd game 7 in Wyatt Johnstons’ career. He has scored a goal in all of them.
In game 6, Rantanen and Hintz were the first team mates to have 4 point periods in the same playoff game. In game 7 Rantanen became the first player to have back to back playoff games with 4 point periods. Pretty much a legendary performance.
Yeah, that was a nutso game. Game seven OT is the craziest, and that was even crazier than most. I think you might have had to straight up murder someone to get a penalty in that OT.
Now it’s Stars vs. Jets in the next round. It ought to be another good series.
Round 1 is finished. We’re a quarter way through and I’m exhausted. A lot of drama, mostly in the West where the Jets tie game 7 with 1.6 seconds left and win in overtime, the Oilers looked out of their depth against the Kings then right the ship and win going away, and the Stars stun the Avalanche with 4 goals in the 3rd period of game 7.
Eastern Conference
Ottawa Senators (2) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (4) Florida Panthers (4) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (1)
Montreal Canadiens (1) vs. Washington Capitals (4)
New Jersey Devils (1) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (4)
Western Conference
St. Louis Blues (3) vs. Winnipeg Jets (4)
Colorado Avalanche (3) vs. Dallas Stars (4)
Minnesota Wild (2) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (4) Edmonton Oilers (4) vs. Los Angeles Kings (2)
I DVRed the Blues-Jets game so I could watch later and skip through breaks. I set the recording to go an hour later than scheduled. The recording ended with about 9:30 left in 2OT, so I had to go look online for the final score. I should have figured my Blues would figure out a way to squander a 3-1 lead late in the game.
Last night I saw Stolarz take a shot that knocked his mask off. Later I saw him get run over by Bennett (I think). I went to do other stuff and I missed Stolarz puking at the bench and then getting removed to the hospital. Neither incident looked too bad individually, however in combination they may have been problematic. Stolarz was apparently still vomiting while being stretchered into the ambulance. Hopefully he is okay.
In the first 100+ years of the NHL there had only been a multiple goal deficit overcome in the third period of a game 7 three times. This year, the Stars did it on Saturday and the Jets did it on Sunday.
