They then stopped playing, unless by “playing” we mean turning the puck over and conceding goals in every way imaginable, including on the power play, just after a power play, on the penalty kill, and at 6-on-5.
The Ottawa Senators roared their way back, eventually tying it up and then winning the game in overtime 6-5. If we forget the stakes of the game for a second and just evaluate the magnitude of the collapse, is this as bad as the David Ayers game? The “it was 4-1” game? What about all those other Game 7 collapses?
Any way you slice it, this was an embarrassing loss for a team that has become notorious for blowing leads in spectacular fashion.