2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread: Carolina's tries revolutionary new strategy: Never lose games

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Love an 8:24 puck drop, eh practice?

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Nik Ehlers breakaway machine

[practice]

Love an 8:24 puck drop, eh practice?

Yeah there's no chance for me

[sutterfamily]

I was set to rip Freddie looking at the shots on goal but goddamn, can't do it! the chances Vegas created were really good.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

The pass from Sissons to Hertl on the game winner was nuts

[practice]

I was set to rip Freddie looking at the shots on goal but goddamn, can't do it! the chances Vegas created were really good.

I thought the barbashev goal was stoppable

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Brett Howden (who wasn’t among the accused of the World Junior players but helped them with some forgetful testimony) has scored both goals for Vegas tonight. They have six shots. I fucking hate hockey.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Carolina tied it while I was watching other stuff, turned it back on and Vegas is challenging a no-goal call against them.

Shocked that it didn’t work for them.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Staal redirects a Gostisbehere shot on the ensuing PP, eat shit Vegas

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Jackson Blake with a moronic interference penalty

[Grand Moff Larkin]

And Vegas ties it with 1:21 left

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Oof Slavin was the one to tap it in

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Just an incredible third period

[practice]

I'm glad Carolina won but that was clearly a goal, the Barbashev one. I hate the failed challenge/PP rule, getting an obvious goal overturned is punishment enough, for the team who gave up the goal to receive a PP is too much

[sutterfamily]

I'm at the end of my ability to deal with the goalie interference reviews. for every instance there is a near-identical example where the exact opposite call was made

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I hate how much Down Goes Brown is like "You can totally know what they're going to do if you look at past calls." You can't! It's all bullshit!

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Vegas has had two goals waved off (one offsides, one clear goalie interference) in the first four minutes of the second period

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Marner

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Conn Smytty incoming

[Alexei Ca$hin]

EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING