LAS VEGAS — A hockey net measures 6 feet tall by 4 feet wide, though it can seem far smaller when a hulking goalie like Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals is protecting it. When Holtby is on his knees over by the post, marooned there by a cross-crease pass, that net, empty and welcoming, can seem far bigger.
Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night was going to be tied until it wasn’t, because of a puck that was going in until it didn’t, blocked by a goalie who extended his stick hoping something good would transpire if he did.