I’m pretty sure a hockey conspiracy is afoot. Don’t think so? Stay with me here, hockey fans.
How did this stray puck remain on the ice for so long during Capitals vs. Penguins?
We have some theories.
Moments after the Penguins took a 3-1 lead in Game 2 against the Capitals, a stray puck showed up behind Braden Holtby’s net.
The puck stayed like that for MINUTES, and the second period finished with not one but two pucks in play. Unfortunately, no chaos ensued as no one touched the puck in the final moments.
Even still, is this some sort of conspiracy? Some theories:
- A trick to get the Capitals off their seemingly bad luck and back into this series?
- A reminder to Braden Holtby to tighten up his at times lackluster goaltending these last few games? MIND-GAMES.
- A remote-controlled puck piloted by Marc-Andre Fleury that will enter the net at a moment’s notice?
- Aliens? This is always a good guess.
- Maybe it’s the puck that ended the 2010 Cup Final. Patrick Kane shot it into another dimension and it landed here, behind Holtby’s net seven years later.
- Or just fate-shenanigans that hockey — especially playoff hockey — is just a random game of chance?
Probably a ref just forgot to pick up an additional puck after the Penguins goal. One can only speculate.
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