Afterwords: Losing Streak, Ahoy!

The question was put to me by a friend last week, “Are we sure we still love hockey?”

You tell me.

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First, an exhibition:

Jim Montgomery: "Chances were almost even. Shots were almost even. They get that shot off a shinpad that goes to Thornton on the back door for an empty net goal. We didn’t get that bounce."

— Matthew DeFranks (@MDeFranks) December 14, 2018

Now, sure; it’s not the same thing as a puck on the tape, like Thornton more or less got for what ended up as the game-winner, but still, Dallas really did have some shots to tie things up in the final minutes, and they couldn’t do it.