WINNIPEG -- A building that had been ear-splitting loud for hours fell deathly silent.
The contrast in the atmosphere at MTS Centre moments before and immediately after Rickard Rakell won the game for the Anaheim Ducks in overtime Monday showed how fleeting euphoria can be in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Especially for a city that hadn't experienced them for 19 years.
One moment, there's hope for the hometown Winnipeg Jets, perhaps the most hometown team of any in the NHL. The next moment that hope was gone and reality set in that the home team is down 3-0 in this Western Conference First Round series, losing three straight games it led in the third period.