When the NHL playoffs have games every other day (or thereabouts), the fan’s mental state is a constant roller coaster of what-ifs and this-would-be-greats interrupted by horror, anxiety, and wanting it to end mercifully if it must end — and for every team but one, it will end.
Looking back at the six games the New York Islanders needed to dispatch the Boston Bruins, Game 2 already feels like an eternity ago and I’m already confusing which game Brock Nelson came up big vs. which other games Brock Nelson came up big.