While the Avalance are chilling out, sipping iced tea, and waiting for their opponent in the Stanley Cup Final, the Rangers and Lightning are locked in a dead heat.
After New York took the first two games in this year’s Eastern Conference Finals, the two-time defending champion Lightning stormed back to tie the series at two games apiece. It is now effectively a best-of-three series to determine who gets the (unfortunate?) chance to play Colorado for the Cup. A series that might conflict with a Justin Bieber concert.
In advance of Thursday night’s pivotal Game 5 at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers (+1.5 underdogs) could not have had a worse pre-game open. How?
The SkyCam — used for highlights, fan interaction, etc. — broke off and hung low over the MSG ice. Oh. Oh no:
Bit of a situation with the SkyCam at MSG right now. Something just broke and it’s currently hanging over the ice. pic.twitter.com/YND1fIPg7n
— Ethan Sears (@ethan_sears) June 9, 2022
Did the SkyCam break off that way because it couldn’t stand seeing a back-breaking Nikita Kucherov goal? Maybe! Only time will tell whether the Rangers can overcome this technological curse.
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