Now that was a hell of a hockey game. It probably was not what Barry Trotz or Peter Laviolette wanted to see, but it’s never not fun to watch your team put up a snowman on the scoreboard.
The New York Islanders rag-dolled the Washington Capitals, even if they did not play the best defense of their lives. They scored eight (8!) even-strength goals.
And of course, Mathew Barzal played perhaps the best game of his career—a hat-trick where each goal involved a different facet of his unique skill set, five points, eight shots-on-goal, no goals against.