ST. PAUL, Minn. —It is, as most backup spots from key positions in sports are described, the best and worst of jobs.
Often, you only play when the starter is struggling.
Sometimes, when he needs a rest.
Mostly, it’s like what occurred in a small Pennsylvania borough Friday morning, when a fairly famous rodent saw his shadow.
Welcome to the life of a No. 2 NHL goalie, to a different sort of Groundhog Day.
Malcolm Subban plays the role for the Golden Knights, and things against the Wild later in the evening went about as well as those who learned about six more weeks of winter from Punxsutawney Phil, a 5-2 loss for Vegas before 19,057 at Xcel Energy Center.