Instead, I occasionally checked the score on NHL.com. I was pleased to see us carry a 3-2 lead into the third period, then understandably discouraged when the Canadiens knotted the score on a Noah Dobson backhander early in the frame.
Here we go again, I thought. We’re either going to lose in regulation, overtime or the shootout.
Pick your poison.
I was especially aggrieved when the game went to a shootout. After all, Arturs Silovs was in net and had yielded a staggering eight shootout tallies on nine attempts.