June 23, 2021. Canyon Lake, Texas. Hockey.

Once again, the best team did not win. This seems to be the main story of the playoffs. Tonight, the Tampa Bay Lightning were going to put the New York Islanders in their place and send them home for the season. And the Lightning was ahead 2 to 0 at the end of the 1st period. But the Islanders would not quit. First one goal, then another so the game ended at a tie. And over time was coming. And the Islanders scored less than 2 minutes into the overtime. So game 7 will be played in Tampa Bay and the winner will get to play for the Stanley Cup. In the other series, Montreal was supposed to be the weaker team. But they are ahead 3 to 2 in games. And Las Vegas must win tomorrows game in order to get into the 7th game. If Montreal wins tomorrow, they will be in the Stanley Cup finals. At some point the commentators will stop saying about the best team not winning. Even the players need to stop thinking that way. The better team always wins. I certainly did not expect Montreal and the Islanders might get into the final series. Certainly fooled me too. But it has been exciting.