The Colorado Avalanche were unable to prevail in their Game 4 against the Nashville Predators. They started out a little flat and then tried the resurgence of the Cardiac Kids, but, alas, they lost.
Nonetheless, the two teams provided fans with an exciting playoff game — and by exciting, I mean chippy and weird. According to knowledgeable Predators fans, who saw their team make it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals last year, that’s how playoff hockey is played.
I was around for the Brawl of 1997, which wasn’t even the playoffs — in my world, that’s just hockey in general.