After putting up a SnowMan in a wild Game 1 win over the Oilers, Colorado also set a weird record...

Why the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs set a new empty-net goals record

Quote:Through 76 games of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, there have been 41 empty-net goals scored, setting an NHL postseason record. According to the league, the previous mark was 36 empty-netters, which was set twice: in the 2017-18 season in 84 games, then matched in the 24-team 2019-20 postseason in 130 games.

Last season, there was one player with multiple empty-net goals: Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon with three. This season, through two rounds, there are already four: Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ilya Mikheyev, New York Rangers forward Andrew Copp, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ondrej Palat and Oilers forward Evander Kane.

In total, 37 different players have at least one empty-net goal in this postseason....

COL settled waaaaay down in Game 2, and in a brief 2:04, scored 3 of the 4 goals to shutout the POilers in Game 2 headed now to Edmonton.

Gretzky looks weird with his suddenly way-too-dark hair sitting in the booth. Can't tell if it's a dye-job or a Hair Club wig, but he doesn't look like himself.

Meanwhile, TB did not benefit from the long layoff after sweeping FLA and is own a game going into tonight's Game 2 with the rangers. Gallant looks like he's vindicated himself from Vegas letting him go.