What the hell just happened?! It’s been an unbelievable NHL season. One for the history books, so it was only fitting that we’d get an unbelievable finale heading into the playoffs. Coming into tonights matchup against the Washington Capitals, the Philadelphia Flyers had just a 6% of making it. But they had a chance. As for the capitals, they just needed a win and they were in. Meanwhile though, after that incredible comeback last night at home, over in Montreal the Detroit Red Wings now just needed a win in any fashion so long as the Capitals lost to the Flyers. Needless to say, it was a wild finish! The Flyers scored first but had it called back after an early whistle blew it for them. Further, the Flyers had to get a regulation win. So should they be tied in the 3rd period, they may actually pull their goalie in regulation because an OT win did them no good. And yeah, of course that would indeed happen.
Even crazier though, in Montreal the Canadiens were up by a goal with just 7 seconds to go. Pulling their goalie, it led to the Red Wings eliminating the Flyers by pushing OT while almost simultaneously Tortorella was pulling his goalie not knowing they were already eliminated. Ironically, the wound up eliminating each other! I cover it all and more in todays NHL hockey video!
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Was this the best NHL regular season ever?
the caps have no business in the play offs how can a team make it with a -37 differential? They need to remove the loser point.
caps handed a win on a silver platter.
Вашики Именно Красавы. Именно Респект. 🔥👌👌🥃🤭
Washington were so lucky (playing against the desperate Philadelphia in the last game). Not fair for Detroit, of Philadelphia playing without goaly at the end, and losing the game because of it.
But it is really Pittsburg actually, that should have been there in the playoff (were it not for that stupid trade that made the team depressed and lost big, several games in a row, before being able to collect themselves again. But that is where they lost the momentum and the one point or so missing in the end.
That puck would never have gone in if the whistle hadn't been blown. Lindgren relaxed when the whistle was blown. Yes, perhaps the best regular season ever.
As a preds fans I too know something about an early whistle denying a goal
What the heck just happened? This is why EVERY POINT MATTERS.
Worst Season to be a Goalie or Defenseman everything is Offense now might as well dont have any Defenders and just make this a shootout who can score more in 60 minutes.
All the Red Wings had to do is beat the caps last week. Capitals showed they were the better team by beating Tampa and Boston. Detroit could barely beat Montreal.
0 controversy on the Flyers' no goal. Whistle blew, no goal.
My fuckin' Habs choked twice in a row, David Perron is a guy I hated everywhere he's been, yes and he's been in my 2nd favorite team, Pittsburgh and 3rd team Detroit (it used to be Detroit was second but when they switched conferences and landed in the northeast division or the Atlantic as it's called now….they were now in direct competition with MTL which, sorry, they were not going to stay there, plus they Datsyuk retired too early and everyone that was the core of the team was real old or injured to retirement and they started to suck, what is it, 8th season in a row with no playoffs, or 10? I think last time they made playoffs was 14-15, so 9 I guess).
David Perron is a homeboy from Quebec so I should like him, but he's always been ruining my stuff, and he did the worst thing possible to me yesterday with that 3 second left goal after a bullshit icing call! That combined with Philly pulling their goalie at 1-1, yeah they needed a regular time win whatever, but no way they didn't know Detroit were on their way to OT.
All of this causing the Pens to be ghosted out, after that last 10 game streak where they only lost one game they shouldn't have (vs Boston), and Boston losing against Philly and Washington in the last week, ffs, the hockey gods hate me. Now the only team I care for left is Edmonton and those games are gonna be laaaaaate, they are now my third favorite team but holy ** yesterday was a nailbiter, my heart is totally fine, completely healthy and I felt my blood pressure spike like when I was a kid playing Doom for the first time on my friend's beast PC (a Pentium 100 🤣), I remember my ears getting red from feeling so stressed out, I was almost there yesterday when Sprong scored, that was a bad omen.
At least now we know the Habs will/can be a playoffs team next season, they lost about 25+ games by just a goal, Dach will be back, and they're gonna sign somebody who's an RFA and those amazing D-men that are coming in, I'm glad Matheson and Savard will be there next year, Matheson had his best season ever, and that's mostly because Pittsburgh was so deep when he was there, he was on the 2nd PP unit, we'll have the elders to teach the kids and we have so many fuckin' good prospects.
And I feel Sid's pain. Long ass post, by that was my closing thoughts on "our" season up in MTL, and how my second favs got screwed by destiny, not choice, if only they played like they did after christmas the way they did before that…I hope they crush the Islanders 9-0 just for the hell of it.
P.S. At least Matthews didn't get 70 goals, ha-ha.
Don't want to hear from Eastern team's fans about strength of conference after a team with at max 39 wins and a -18 and another team with 40 wins and a -37 goal differential make the playoffs.
Either team is getting swept by the rangers regardless
awful point system.
red wings
penguins
hell even the sabres.. all deserve the spot more than the isles and caps bozo teams
I think the NHL needs to revisit this dumbass point system. It’s so weird looking at the standings, seeing the wings with more wins, and yet the caps advance. It just really cheapens the OT/SO wins you fight for throughout the season. It’s an oddity in a sport that winning isn’t enough, you need to win a certain way.
Thanks flyers. Can’t do anything right
1:17 What a shocker. The NHL getting it wrong, when they have video evidence of a good goal.
"But…….. the ref lost sight of it……….." Stay archaic, NHL. Never progress with the times.
What good are trophies from such a garbage league as this? Really…..
Terrible refs.
Thanks for the break down!
Stanley Cup final: Caps – Stars 4:3
The GREAT EIGHT… most 30 goal seasons. Caps are in! Yay!😃
Offense like we haven’t seen in 30 years, and the most fluffiest defense in the past 30 years. No one hits through the middle or in Gretzky’s office. Brutal, almost like the NBA stat padding era.
Shameful
@1:20 refs with money on the game
Not having Torts post game playoff pressers is the real loss here
Ah my kookie Caps win and make playoffs plus eliminate the Flyers, Pens and Redwings in one crazy swoop Lolz whatta game. Not best season ever though best finish as a lifer Caps fan.
Capitals suck and still make the playoffs.