Stanley Cup Playoffs: Kings beat Blackhawks in Game 3, take 2-1 series lead

Players have squirted water into opponent’s gloves, gotten fined for squirting water and squirted other star players in the face. It’s sort of getting out of hand.

So that’s their plan. The water bottles are going to fight against their captors by dehydrating them to death. We should’ve seen this coming.

We’ve seen it time and time again this spring. Two-goal leads can evaporate in the blink of an eye, and teams that dominate puck possession one period can find themselves hemmed in their own zone through much of the next 20 minutes.

These mishaps gave the Blackhawks all the momentum, and at the time, Extra Skater’s win expectancy chart had Chicago as a roughly 90 percent favorite to come out on top. One more goal, and the Hawks could have put the game out of reach.