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The improbable Golden Knights: One win from a Stanley Cup Final

Golden Knights right wing Reilly Smith (19) celebrates with Luca Sbisa (47) after scoring a third period goal during game four of Las Vegas' NHL Western Conference Finals matchup with Winnipeg on Friday, May 18, 2018, at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights went on to beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto

I’m not a big fate guy when it comes to sports. Save the supernatural power nonsense for movies and books and television shows about vampires.

But the idea of controlling one’s destiny — you always have the opportunity to turn one way or the other — is at times a more reasonable basis for why the unthinkable occurs.