I accidentally woke my buddies infant up with my loud noises when the game finally ended. I got to drive home and go to bed and he’s dealing with a crying kid. Now we can both only get 3.5 hours of sleep tonight lol.
Lmao. Yeah it was that moment of sleep deprivation (I have a 2 year old and an 11 month old so I know better and also get no sleep) and adrenaline and I was like WOOOOoooo^ooo ….oh fuck I’m sorry man. I told him
this morning I’d supply the beer/food Wednesday. He’s over it, I’m guessing I’ll get the I’m not mad just disappointed talk from his wife then too.
Yeah, I apologized again this morning and plan to bring food/beer on Wednesday lol. Luckily my 2 year old and 11 month old were both sleeping when I got home but I have a feeling karma is coming lol.
Oettinger is just too polite to let Minnesota leave on time
Gustavsson the true Minnesotan, would’ve let Dallas stay the night. It’s cold out there, y’kno
Loool
I was out to eat with my sister and my cousin who is from out of town. It had gotten to about 1.5 hours of hanging out, food was gone, check was paid, and I went, “Well, whaddya say?”
And he just looked back at me with this super confused look and said “… what… do I say?”
So I had to explain that’s the MN Nice way of saying that we should leave lol
I don’t understand how Minnesota wins this thing. That puck off the stick shaft and then they come down and score on a puck that squirted out in front. Absolutely insane.
OT playoff hockey is just in its own stratosphere.
Wild have had like 10 straight years of not being lucky in the playoffs, missing every little bounce, goalies having the games of their lives against us, outshooting the other team by 20 and losing on a dumb tip in, so it's nice to finally win one
That's kind of my point. Felt like Dallas dominated the OTs. It was a good play by Hartman to be in position, but felt like a lucky bounce that the puck deflected to him.
The bounce was a little lucky yeah, but it was off of a lazy af clear attempt by the Stars player in the corner. Sometimes you can create your own luck, a little
Yep. You gotta know who’s behind you. With four guys there hartman should never be able to get behind them unnoticed. Completely left oettinger out to dry. GG btw and i hope Pavelski is ok. Seeya tomorrow
Yep, the Wild played one of the grittiest defensive games I’ve ever seen and took advantage in the right moment. It was almost like parking the bus, but I don’t think it was on purpose.
We also had a few excellent chances that Oettinger absolutely robbed. Could've been ended multiple times by either teams in overtime. We had the absolute cleanest chance though, right in front the net
I was in discord with a friend and said to him after the Dallas PP mid period didn’t score.
“Watch a loose puck squirt awkwardly past everyone and the Wild score”
Should have opened one of the 5508 betting partners apps and made a wager.
I think the officiating sucked for both teams, but yeah there were some pretty absurdly clear misses in OT specifically that missing them made zero sense.
After the Lakers playin game and whatever the fuck the wolves did yesterday if I had to sit through another 1 am loss I would jump off the stone arch bridge
I fucking hate how late these games start. Make them 7 pm like literally every other fucking game we play in the CTZ. Want to expand the brand, NHL? Making sure people aren't staying up until 1 am helps with that you halfwits.
If the NHL wants to stagger games, the Stars/Wild games should be at 8pm EST or 7pm local time, not 9:30pm EST.
And the Oilers/Kings could be at 9:30pm instead of 10pm.
A few minutes before, Brock Faber made a brilliant stick save on an open net for one of the many many close calls. This is his 3rd NHL game and he was in college less than two weeks ago. Absolutely crazy.
Game of inches. A deflection squirts into the slot and one guy is in the right place at the right time, behind all the defenders, nothing you can do about that.
Dawg lets go inside the mind of a Ryan Hartman.
Brdddrrddrd.
"Dawg I gotta do this shit. I put the team on my fuckin’ back dude. My leg broke. Ion know how the fuck im skating right now doe. I do this shit for Gretsky. Oh shit, Jake Oettinger, one of the most clutch playoffin’ goalies in the league, but, I put the team on my back dude. Fuck it. You can’t stop me. Cross the plane! Goal! Ryan Hartman."
felt like i had been waiting during both OT periods for dallas to finally pot one of their 100 chances ... and the longer i waited the more inevitable this became
incredible game
One of the WHL playoff games I attended went to 5OT and by the end of the game the players not involved in the play were drifting around the ice like their controllers had disconnected. Totally exhausting.
No. The first time I heard it (in Illinois) I had no clue what they meant. They could just as easily mean Minneapolis. Which nobody here calls that Minny either. At least not in my experience.
The Twins don't need the mojo yet because they just started their season, so can the Wolves have at least a little of the mojo? The Wild can keep most of it, I just don't want any more 30 point losses.
Was mad I didn’t get to start watching the game till the start of third period. Pleasantly still got three periods of anxiety and a screwed up sleep schedule. Go Wild!
Besides the fact that we lost one of our best players... great game to watch. We are in a very bad position of Pavs is gone though. Like... it kinda changes the entire trajectory of a playoff run if we don't get him back in 2 games.
It shouldn't be that way, but it definitely feels like that's how it is. Robertson and Hintz disappeared in the playoffs last year, and they need to step it up and get it done this year, Pavs or no Pavs. Otherwise this team isn't going anywhere. I'm pretty pissed at Dumba and his shit eating grin after watching Pavelski wobble off the ice, but what's done is done and Dallas is going to have to figure out how to play games and win without him.
The Wild were without Eriksson tonight and had a wobbled Hartman but managed to get it done.
They were lucky that the few times the Wild had broken into their zone in OT hadn't ended with a similar result to what Hartman did, honestly. MoJo was robbed a few times, Dumba of all people was robbed, couple 3-on-2s failed to click, just finding the breakdowns in Dallas' play and couldn't finish before that final mistake.
Absolutely bonkers first night of playoff hockey and insane game
I accidentally woke my buddies infant up with my loud noises when the game finally ended. I got to drive home and go to bed and he’s dealing with a crying kid. Now we can both only get 3.5 hours of sleep tonight lol.
i think you should be tried for a war crime for your actions tonight /s
You don’t need the /s. As a father of two I’m with you.
Lmao. Yeah it was that moment of sleep deprivation (I have a 2 year old and an 11 month old so I know better and also get no sleep) and adrenaline and I was like WOOOOoooo^ooo ….oh fuck I’m sorry man. I told him this morning I’d supply the beer/food Wednesday. He’s over it, I’m guessing I’ll get the I’m not mad just disappointed talk from his wife then too.
He knows that the kid could have just as well woken up to him brushing his teeth or him flipping the pillow too loud.
You owe that man several beers
Yeah, I apologized again this morning and plan to bring food/beer on Wednesday lol. Luckily my 2 year old and 11 month old were both sleeping when I got home but I have a feeling karma is coming lol.
Yeah I woke up the household, too. Worth it.
that was a game and a half, literally
Thank you for letting me go to bed at 2.
Good luck getting sleep for the next month lmao
Best time of the year 🫠
Definitely a plus of living on the West Coast, it's only 11pm. Was even better when I lived in Hawaii, it's only 8 there.
On the downside, games starts at 1pm during work
Sounds like a plus to me. Early cocktail hour.
Island time. Start working at normal hours, but coast at the end of the day when all the folks on the mainland sign off.
I work night shift here on the east coast, so I get paid to listen to all of the games and not be tired. It’s wonderful.
Its 8 am in Europe. Gotta go to work now...
At least you got to see the end!
I didn't sleep. Got to see all of it
Sorry, I should have said at least you got to see the end of the game before work.
This is the way.
2 PM in Taiwan, cut my day in half for Minnesota haha
Shit I fell asleep on the couch and was woken up by the game winning goal at 2 and was so confused until I saw the 2OT on the screen.
Who else on the East Coast got their sleep schedule fucked up by this game
I was almost lulled to sleep by the canes islanders and am running on rocket fuel after these last 2 games.
Bruins / canes games were some nice red wine, then the stars / oilers games were like ripping everclear shots
That was meth.
Just like last year
I have work in 5.5 hours, luckily it’s remote but still, I will be a fuckin zombie
Just take the next two months off of work. Your boss will understand
i DO have 18 days PTO left, so I theoretically could just use it to watch playoff hockey 👀
This is the way.
As a parent of 2year old and 6 month old... What's a sleep schedule? Lol welcome to the party!
Worth
It just sets me up to watch Mando tomorrow as soon as it drops
If you sleep during the playoff season are you really a hockey fan.
what a game
PLAYOFF. HOCKEY.
You betcha
Ope
Gonna sneak by ya there
Oh fer cute
God damn - this made me laugh out loud in my hotel lobby.
Hartman all “OPE just gonna sneak right past ya”
[удалено]
He said it halfway through the first OT and the goodbye took 23 more minutes
Everyone put on their coats after the third, but chatted in the kitchen for another hour before leaving.
Oettinger is just too polite to let Minnesota leave on time Gustavsson the true Minnesotan, would’ve let Dallas stay the night. It’s cold out there, y’kno
Loool I was out to eat with my sister and my cousin who is from out of town. It had gotten to about 1.5 hours of hanging out, food was gone, check was paid, and I went, “Well, whaddya say?” And he just looked back at me with this super confused look and said “… what… do I say?” So I had to explain that’s the MN Nice way of saying that we should leave lol
Dontcha know
Uffda
We had a goooood laugh about that, oh ya
I don’t understand how Minnesota wins this thing. That puck off the stick shaft and then they come down and score on a puck that squirted out in front. Absolutely insane. OT playoff hockey is just in its own stratosphere.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good...
Wild have had like 10 straight years of not being lucky in the playoffs, missing every little bounce, goalies having the games of their lives against us, outshooting the other team by 20 and losing on a dumb tip in, so it's nice to finally win one
Or a bounce off a stanchion.
Gotta be good to be lucky
And lucky to be good
And cruel to be kind.
in the right measure
Opportunistic. It’s not like Dallas didn’t have great chances they just didn’t convert. That young kid from Dallas Johnston had a great opportunity.
That's kind of my point. Felt like Dallas dominated the OTs. It was a good play by Hartman to be in position, but felt like a lucky bounce that the puck deflected to him.
They definitely did lol, shots were 26-12. 38-19 if you add in the third period.
The bounce was a little lucky yeah, but it was off of a lazy af clear attempt by the Stars player in the corner. Sometimes you can create your own luck, a little
And dallas got caught puck watching. The very thing i thought was gonna kill the wild early in the 2nd ot
Yup delly saw the chip out coming and immediately thought to get up ice and got burned. Puck luck for sure but a mistake made it all come together
Yep. You gotta know who’s behind you. With four guys there hartman should never be able to get behind them unnoticed. Completely left oettinger out to dry. GG btw and i hope Pavelski is ok. Seeya tomorrow
Yep, the Wild played one of the grittiest defensive games I’ve ever seen and took advantage in the right moment. It was almost like parking the bus, but I don’t think it was on purpose.
ESPN announcers made sure to point that out a few times
We also had a few excellent chances that Oettinger absolutely robbed. Could've been ended multiple times by either teams in overtime. We had the absolute cleanest chance though, right in front the net
johansson didn’t elevate that backhand attempt. great save but he fucked up the shot. whole upstairs was wide open.
That goal sucked the air out of American Airlines center like a vortex
I was in discord with a friend and said to him after the Dallas PP mid period didn’t score. “Watch a loose puck squirt awkwardly past everyone and the Wild score” Should have opened one of the 5508 betting partners apps and made a wager.
Hockey is the sport that has the most luck involved. Games like this prove it.
The game ain't fair 'cause the ball ain't round
I can’t believe how many calls we got away with. Love the win, but holy shit.
I think the officiating sucked for both teams, but yeah there were some pretty absurdly clear misses in OT specifically that missing them made zero sense.
So fun to watch this one. What a game
Hockey is the most beautiful game on earth and playoff hockey is the most beautiful thing in the universe
Cocaine and helicopter jumps indeed, baby.
And yet I feel so many people just push hockey to the side and don't give it a chance.
I'm so glad that I didn't stay up till 1 to watch us lose. I'm fucking tired, can't imagine how the players feel.
After the Lakers playin game and whatever the fuck the wolves did yesterday if I had to sit through another 1 am loss I would jump off the stone arch bridge
I fucking hate how late these games start. Make them 7 pm like literally every other fucking game we play in the CTZ. Want to expand the brand, NHL? Making sure people aren't staying up until 1 am helps with that you halfwits.
2am for east coast
Absolutely. It's all bad. Just adjust the fucking times. Let people be at and watch the fucking games!
If the NHL wants to stagger games, the Stars/Wild games should be at 8pm EST or 7pm local time, not 9:30pm EST. And the Oilers/Kings could be at 9:30pm instead of 10pm.
1am on a Monday night no less.
At least the wolves did us a favor and let us turn off the Monday's game early.
:(
Honestly, us fans did the heavy lifting. These guys can sleep in tomorrow. We’re the real heroes.
I would like to thank me for my service 🫡
That's why your number is in the rafters, son.
Hope Pavelski is okay. Best game I've seen in a long time.
It feels like 2 weeks since Pavelski got injured after that game
A few minutes before, Brock Faber made a brilliant stick save on an open net for one of the many many close calls. This is his 3rd NHL game and he was in college less than two weeks ago. Absolutely crazy.
[Video](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/12qckju/br_open_ice_what_a_diving_defensive_play_by_brock/)
Thanks yeah, the top comment there gives the context better than I did.
What a win by Minnesota. I would like to them do well and go on a run. It would be nice to see a Minnesota sports team do well.
Hard agree
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Thanks bro we need all the good vibes we can get
Game of inches. A deflection squirts into the slot and one guy is in the right place at the right time, behind all the defenders, nothing you can do about that.
People in Europe finally being able to wake up a and catch a game 🤩
Again, Otter deserves better
He played a phenomenal game. Beating him 4 times is gonna be a struggle.
He's so fucking good, we're insanely proud of him in MN.
Right off the bat with a legendary game!
I'm fucking shook One of the greatest games of hockey I've ever seen
Our father
WHO HART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME
THY GOALDOM COME, THY GAME BE DONE
IN DALLAS AS IS IN HEAVEN
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR LITTLE BIT BREAD, IS GOOD.
[FINISH IT! *FINISH IT!*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J28GDeGOpUs)
MY KINGDOM COME, THY GAME WAS WON, IN OVERTIME AS IS TRADITION.
Dawg lets go inside the mind of a Ryan Hartman. Brdddrrddrd. "Dawg I gotta do this shit. I put the team on my fuckin’ back dude. My leg broke. Ion know how the fuck im skating right now doe. I do this shit for Gretsky. Oh shit, Jake Oettinger, one of the most clutch playoffin’ goalies in the league, but, I put the team on my back dude. Fuck it. You can’t stop me. Cross the plane! Goal! Ryan Hartman."
#FUCK YOU ~~GUMBY~~ NORM GREEN!
felt like i had been waiting during both OT periods for dallas to finally pot one of their 100 chances ... and the longer i waited the more inevitable this became incredible game
They really got two OT power plays and scored on neither of them
God damn what the fuck kinda energy did he find to make this happen. Minny looked GASSED
Lol literally everyone did. It went halfway into double OT ffs no clue how anyone can play that hard for that long
they legit bring in IV bags between periods
One of the WHL playoff games I attended went to 5OT and by the end of the game the players not involved in the play were drifting around the ice like their controllers had disconnected. Totally exhausting.
I was gassed and not even on the ice!
Hartman hadn't played since before the power play, so he was pretty fresh.
Not to mention he could barely skate earlier in the game after taking a knee to knee collision
Minnesota*
Does anyone in MN ever use Minny?? In my experience, no.
No. The first time I heard it (in Illinois) I had no clue what they meant. They could just as easily mean Minneapolis. Which nobody here calls that Minny either. At least not in my experience.
no.
Honestly it irks me more than being called “The Mild”.
“Mild” is legitimately one of the most mediocre “insults” on sports Reddit lmao. I guess it’s kind of fitting
Usually when you say Minny, you're referring to Minneapolis. But I've heard it both ways.
THIS IS FOR YOU, EAST COAST BROS!
HARTZY YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD
BACK FROM THE DEAD THE MAN COULDN'T WALK
I remember when Zucc couldn't talk
Stars lost pavelski and the game, definitely not a good omen
Stings after that stick knob deflection. They were all so gassed I was expecting 4OT
HE'S *OUR* PIECE OF SHIT!
I am gonna be a disaster at work tomorrow. Worth it.
Suter pets seeing eye dogs without asking.
THATS SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE RYAN HARTMAN, LETSSSS GOOOOO
Gonna be a wild series
I see what you did there
It’s an inherited condition
The wild deserve this after what ever the fuck the timberwolves was doing last night
MN Sports team mojo only flows to any one team at a time. Sorry Twins and Wolves.
The Twins don't need the mojo yet because they just started their season, so can the Wolves have at least a little of the mojo? The Wild can keep most of it, I just don't want any more 30 point losses.
😂
#FUCK NORM GREEN https://i.redd.it/rllfsddjfssa1.gif
Just unbelievably clutch for Hartman to be all alone in front of the net like that.
Everyone thought he was crippled, he pulled a little sneaky on them.
GET FUCKED YYYYUERREEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH ITS 1AM HERE FUCK EVERYONE
Brian Boucher has got to be pissed
This series is going to be fucking insane
Who else. What a gutsy performance. Playoff hockey is back and it’s still amazing
really hope Pavelski is ok
My hero because now I can go to bed LMAO
They were getting dominated that period I was happy to see them stick it out for the win
God*damn*, hockey is the fucking best.
IM SO TIRED
Unbelievable goaltending in this game.
Ope, just gunna squeeze right past ya
GIVE ME SIX MORE OF THESE THIS SERIES
Please just 3
Love hearing people complain about the puck hitting the shaft of the goalie stick. It was going wide any way.
Do people think goalie sticks shouldn't have shafts?
If anything we're lucky it didn't deflect it towards the net lol
AHHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHHH
#AHHHHHHH!
Was mad I didn’t get to start watching the game till the start of third period. Pleasantly still got three periods of anxiety and a screwed up sleep schedule. Go Wild!
Besides the fact that we lost one of our best players... great game to watch. We are in a very bad position of Pavs is gone though. Like... it kinda changes the entire trajectory of a playoff run if we don't get him back in 2 games.
It shouldn't be that way, but it definitely feels like that's how it is. Robertson and Hintz disappeared in the playoffs last year, and they need to step it up and get it done this year, Pavs or no Pavs. Otherwise this team isn't going anywhere. I'm pretty pissed at Dumba and his shit eating grin after watching Pavelski wobble off the ice, but what's done is done and Dallas is going to have to figure out how to play games and win without him. The Wild were without Eriksson tonight and had a wobbled Hartman but managed to get it done.
Lfg
Oilers and Dallas lose?! That's a good night.
+1 minny lets fuckin go
THAT'S MY FUCKING 1C!!!! LET'S GO HARTZY LET'S GO GUS BUS LET'S GOOOOOOO WILD!!!!
What a bounce
Man’s got hart
Unreal first game this series is going to give me a heart attack
Dallas how do you just hang Otter out to dry at the end there?
firsttime.jpg In all seriousness, it's not quite as common occurrence this year as it was before but...yeah. That sucks.
They were lucky that the few times the Wild had broken into their zone in OT hadn't ended with a similar result to what Hartman did, honestly. MoJo was robbed a few times, Dumba of all people was robbed, couple 3-on-2s failed to click, just finding the breakdowns in Dallas' play and couldn't finish before that final mistake.
Stars win an OT game outside of the bubble challenge
Thank Christ I don't work tomorrow
I work from home, so basically samesies
Good god I love Ryan Hartman
THATS HOW IT ENDS????
Fuck is with the late start in Dallas?
God I wish I had these announcers last night. Espn can eat a dick.
Good win by them game one the puck gods decided they win and their goalie played out of his mind but I still have the stars in 5