Last night could have been different, we know, if Bridgeport had popped home a power-play goal early. Well, now we know what it might have looked like.
Would it have, for sure? No. Probably? Can’t even say that. But it could have.
And hey, if you’re playing what-ifs, you probably can’t bring up Nygel without also wondering what might have been if Giroux didn’t hit the crossbar a minute and a half into Game 1. Believability has to take a whack to the chops if that puck goes in.
But on its own, you can make a halfway decent case that Bridgeport could — and that part can’t be stressed enough — could have won at least two, maybe three, maybe even in some chaotic alternate universe all four, of these games.
And that’s just amazing, isn’t it?
Playing instead for their lives, the Sound Tigers started strong, drew penalties, worked their tails off for two periods and built a lead big enough that even the Bears couldn’t surmount it. They held on. They survived to Wednesday.
And after 2,192 days, they even won one of these at Harbor Yard.
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Capuano said they haven’t talked about a Game 5 starting goalie.
Seamless glass? Shattering? In that end? Familiar. (Wonder if they’ll rearrange the short ones to put them together, the way they have them now at the other end.)
Albany is up 3-0 on the Penguins with its third one-goal win. Justin Peters made 31 saves.
They’re taking tomorrow off. News if warranted; otherwise, see you for a livechat after practice Tuesday.