Such a brutal sport, such a beautiful sport. Hockey is brutaful.
The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings squared off in Game 5 of their Western Conference 1st Round playoff series Tuesday night, with the Oilers getting the 6-3 win. And one of their goals came in such bizarre fashion.
Edmonton left winger Zach Hyman — who scored the overtime game-winning goal for the Oilers in Game 4 — was in front of the Kings’ net when his teammate Evan Bouchard hit a slap shot that would blast him right in the face. However, the hit also came along with some profit, as the puck went right into the net and scored a goal for Edmonton (and counted for Hyman).
Hyman was obviously in some pain, but stayed in the game, which is just so, so hockey.
Zach Hyman scored… with his FACE 😮
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— TSN (@TSN_Sports) April 26, 2023
How can you not love hockey?
Now I won’t lie, my interest has been depleted a little bit with both of the Sunshine State’s teams (Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning) being on the brink of elimination, which I totally wasn’t expecting whatsoever. (RELATED: Trae Young Hits Incredible Last-Second Shot To Save Atlanta Hawks’ Season)
Well, with the Panthers series, I wasn’t expecting them to win the series over the Boston Bruins, but I was expecting them to put up a better performance. With the Lightning, however, I was expecting them to at least get back to the Eastern Conference Finals, but nope, doesn’t look like that will be happening.
But hey … at least I have my Miami Heat in the NBA, who are putting in absolute work right now.