Hockey Night in Canada’s Jim Hughson picked it up immediately, in part because of the mics down at ice surface. And Pollock didn’t hesitate, instantly waving off the apparent opening goal before turning and skating backwards, referees’ default mode for putting leaving in their wake. Pollock’s whistle was drowned out by the crowd but every player on the ice had picked it out. Predators centre Colton Sissons saw the puck there and lunged for it, knocking it into the net, but at some level he must have known. Murray was one of the two who lost track of it and the other was referee Kevin Pollock, who exhaled almost instantly, a whistle that seemed not quick so much as reflexive. Forsberg could see an opening and Murray fought the puck - down in his butterfly, he tried to squeeze it between his glove and body.Īll but a couple of people in Bridgestone Arena saw the puck trickle through and come to rest in the middle of the crease, a foot from the goal line. Forsberg had a clear line to the net and, in a flash, he was at the faceoff dot and letting fly a low snap shot, headed for goaltender Matt Murray’s glove side. Pittsburgh defenceman Trevor Daley was high in the slot, far away. He had slipped away from the Penguins forward marking him, Scott Wilson. In a couple of strides Forsberg found open ice. Nashville had been waiting for Forsberg to break out - that he is the team’s most skilled forward is a matter beyond dispute but he hadn’t had any real impact in the first five games of the Stanley Cup Final. With the score standing 0-0 just over a minute into the second period of what turned out to be the last game of the season, Filip Forsberg picked up the puck along the wall on the left wing above the faceoff circle with the Predators applying intense pressure. This was how it went down, how it will be remembered in Nashville. It would have been celebrated - check that, the celebration would have continued for minutes longer instead of being snuffed out after brief seconds. It wouldn’t have been a work of art, but then again many goals in the playoffs lack beauty. This would have been the goal that kept hope alive in Game No.
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