With 1:52 remaining on the clock, San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro nailed the 200-ft, empty net shot, sending Carolina Hurricanes fans scrambling towards the exits staring down a 4-2 deficit.
With thoughts of a quicker drive back home filling their minds, the startling sensation of a deep, resonant goal horn just 15 seconds later shocked them to their cores, inducing a rush back to their still warm, red stadium seats.
San Jose simply imploded. They won the faceoff, got the clear into Carolina’s zone, but then they allowed Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho to slip by for a 2-on-1, with Teravainen hitting Aho in stride and the Finnish star buried it.