* Disclaimer: The title is borrowed from author George R. R. Martin.
Where did that team come from?
Bryce Salvador (24) Celebrates the Game-Winning Goal
My Devils are halfway to the impossible now, on their way back to Los Angeles where an entire city must be asking the above-mentioned question. Just four days ago, the Kings were happily cruising along, one victory away from giving the City of Angels its first Stanley Cup with an amazing young goalie and a stream of good luck. Now, the Kings have lost two consecutive games for the first time in months. The Devils, by contrast, are gaining confidence by the minute.
Of course, with the series currently at 3-2, my Devils are clearly still the underdog–one mistake and the series could end with the Stanley Cup parading through Hollywood and Beverly Hills. But we are, as of now, halfway to a feat that has only been achieved once in NHL history: bouncing back from a 3-0 series to win the Cup.
) also cut short the series I planned to pen. I initially planned to write five pieces, counting on the series go to at least game 6: prelude, overture, crescendo, finale, and postlude. Now it looks like finale will come much quicker than I thought.
