Tristan Jarry #35 of the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images)
When I watched Josh Bailey chip a soft wrist shot up over Tristan Jarry’s glove hand, I couldn’t even be mad. I couldn’t muster the words to describe how I felt. My brother, sitting hunched over on the couch across the room, couldn’t either… for a few long seconds.
As the New York Islanders swarmed Bailey in celebration along the boards, I still couldn’t find the words to say anything. The only sounds in my living room were the loud exclamations from Bob Errey and Steve Mears and the muffled shouts and cheers of the Isles’ team mobbing Bailey along the boards.