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How one regular-season game is shaping the NHL landscape right now

When the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Chicago Blackhawks on April 11, it looked like a consequential game but one with a near-certain outcome.

The Penguins needed a win for their playoff push, and the hollowed-out Blackhawks didn't figure to provide much resistance on the tail end of their tanking season.

Behind a 38-save performance from Petr Mrazek — a goaltender who posted an .894 save percentage in 2022-23 — Chicago pulled an upset. Six weeks later, the NHL is still reeling from those 60 minutes of inexplicable hockey.

That starts with the Florida Panthers, who just advanced to the Stanley Cup Final.