We’re one game through every series of the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and we’ve already seen the best and worst of what the postseason has to offer.
First off, you’ve got a triple-overtime thriller between the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins, in which Igor Shesterkin made 79 saves on 83 shots...only for his team to lose 4-3 thanks to Evgeni Malkin’s overtime-winner. As if we needed more proof that Shesterkin is the second coming of Henrik Lundqvist.
Meanwhile, the top team in the West, the Colorado Avalanche, got off to a good start with a massive 7-2 win over the Nashville Predators, while the Florida Panthers, rulers of the East, were unable to do the same, giving up three goals in the third period on route to a 4-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.