Cinematic Chronicles

The San Jose Sharks boast a 3-0 record in overtime following game-winning heroics from Luca Cagnoni, Igor Chernyshov, and Darnell Nurse. If that isn't a sentence you expected to read following the Sharks' fourth game of the season, you probably aren't alone. Three wins. Three overtime victories. Three different heroes. And perhaps most encouragingly, this latest win came without the player who carried Team Teal on his back for much of last season. Here's why that matters. Macklin Celebrini was the one driving San Jose's bus last season — the reason the team came so close to its first playoff berth in seven years instead of competing for dead last in the NHL once again. He finished with 45 goals and 70 assists, completing a franchise-record 115-point season. Admittedly, he still looked sharp in the Sharks' first two wins this season, amassing five assists and setting up the game-winning goal for Chernyshov against the Los Angeles Kings. However, when Celebrini w...

For the first time since 2004, the Tampa Bay Lightning are Stanley Cup Champions. Despite faltering in Game 5 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals, the Lightning clinched eternal glory on Monday night with a 2-0 victory in Game 6. The deciding goal came off the stick of young phenom Brayden Point in the opening period, as the Dallas Stars mustered only 22 shots in the series finale. After falling in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals, Monday's victory had to feel particularly sweet for the Lightning, who endured 15 postseason overtime periods -- the most in NHL history -- en route to their second title. Emerging as the best in a 31-team league is no small feat, and the 2019-2020 NHL season tested this explosive Tampa Bay squad in more ways than one. After a four-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Lightning secured their spot as the 2-seed in the Eastern Conference following a series of mid-summer Round Robin matchups. However, a ...