So many things about Saturday’s rematch with the Flyers were made possible by the NHL’s bizarre “The People Demand a Winner*” era:
- No one scored, yet the Flyers got two points, a win and even a “goal for” in the standings.
- There were eight or so uncontested breakaways...in the shootout, of course. Only one conversion.
- Despite that conversion, Ilya Sorokin got a shutout; he also lost.
- In fact, both goalies got a shutout, but nobody tied, because ties can’t exist anymore, because it would break the space-time continuum even if two teams play to a tie score, so something else must be done to make it look like there was a winner.