COLUMBUS, Ohio — People win the lottery every day.
A man who had never run for elective office is president of the United States.
Rain falls in the Sahara Desert every now and then.
The point is, things that seem highly improbable — or even near-impossible — happen all the time.
That includes NHL teams rallying from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series.
Sure, only four of the 184 teams facing such a predicament have managed to execute a complete comeback, but those precedents do exist.
Which might be the greatest source of hope for Columbus as it prepares for Game 4 of its opening-round series against the Penguins at 7:38 p.