Despite hockey’s trend of providing “puck luck” to teams in the playoffs, the Chicago Blackhawks seemed to get the raw end of the deal after a crazy bounce nearly put Chicago up early against Nashville in Game 3.
Midway through the first period of Monday’s game between the Blackhawks and the Nashville Predators, goaltender Pekka Rinne was put in an awkward situation as a Johnny Oduya clearing attempt during the Blackhawks’ power play took a weird bounce off the boards. Rinne dove in front of the goal crease, BARELY getting his stick on the puck to save a goal for Nashville.
This save could haunt our memories.
WOW pic.twitter.com/AQpcxMl7E3
— ⓂarcusD (@_MarcusD2_) April 18, 2017
Because you surely want to re-live this moment over and over, here’s the save from a rear corner angle:
Just an unreal effort for Rinne to get a stick on this. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/texMiSZiJy
— Cristiano Simonetta (@CMS_74_) April 18, 2017
And the overhead view:
Pekka Rinne robs the #Blackhawks of their first goal of the series after Oduya’s clearing attempt takes a funny bounce off the boards. pic.twitter.com/ASFLczPZiC
— Cristiano Simonetta (@CMS_74_) April 18, 2017
Okay! Now you can try to forgot this forever!