SAN JOSE, Calif. — The idea was to be really good for the first five minutes.
They were great for nearly 14.
Then things went totally nuts.
“It’s good to win the crazy ones, no?” said Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
No.
I mean yes.
I mean, crazy is right.
If the idea about March Madness is to survive-and-advance, the Knights on Friday night defined playoff hockey as survive-the-lunacy, and in the process climbed straight into this best-of-seven Western Conference series.
They beat San Jose 5-3 before an announced sellout of 17,562 at the SAP Center, evening the series at a game apiece and guaranteeing it will return here for at least another game next Thursday.