If there's anything that could make a goaltender freak out, or at least become a tad nervous, it would be to lose his stick while the opposition is whirling around the net in the closing minutes of a one-goal game. That is high drama in the crease.
What goes through a fellow’s heart in such a frantic moment?
“Nothing really,” said Thomas Greiss, who handled that very scenario for the Islanders Sunday afternoon. “You focus the same way, on the game. You just make your reads and hope for the best and look for a chance to go out and get it.