{"id":279209,"date":"2021-06-20T08:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T05:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ryan-pulock-epic-islanders-stop-is-all-time-playoff-moment\/"},"modified":"2021-06-20T08:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T05:28:40","slug":"ryan-pulock-epic-islanders-stop-is-all-time-playoff-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ryan-pulock-epic-islanders-stop-is-all-time-playoff-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ryan Pulock epic Islanders stop is all-time playoff moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ryan Pulock epic Islanders stop is all-time playoff moment<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Bob Nystrom scored in overtime at the Coliseum and so did Ken Morrow. Mike Bossy once struck twice late in the third period to get his 50-in-50. Bryan Trottier had a five-goal night. There was Double Chili. John Tonelli scored late in a Game<\/a> 5 against the Penguins and then again in overtime to save it all. The Dynasty did victory laps at Nassau Coliseum in three of their four Stanley Cup victories.<\/p>\n

But there had never been anything like this at the Old Barn.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d venture to say there has never been anything like this, anywhere.<\/p>\n

Hockey, ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n

Playoff hockey.<\/p>\n

There were seconds remaining in Saturday\u2019s pulsating Game 4 of the Stanley Cup semifinals. The Islanders were desperately attempting to preserve a 3-2 lead over the Lightning, the teams were five-on-five with Tampa Bay\u2019s goaltender pulled while shorthanded, killing a penalty.<\/p>\n

The game had been frantic from the start, the Islanders scoring three times within a second-period span of 12:27 to take a 3-0 lead, the Lightning scoring twice within the first 6:43 of the third, and there we were.<\/p>\n

The Islanders played keepaway on their power play, going into a four-corners prevent offense. Finally, the puck came out. Finally, the puck was deep in the Islanders zone. Finally, Nikita Kucherov found Ryan McDonagh all alone in the left circle.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Pulock make a game-saving stop in the Islanders\u2019 Game 4 win on Saturday.<\/figcaption>
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There were about four seconds to go.<\/p>\n

Brock Nelson took a desperate lunge at McDonagh, who is having himself a great, throwback series<\/a> as if it were 2014 and he were wearing Rangers Blue. McDonagh pulled a Denis Savard, eluding Nelson with a spin-o-rama. Netminder Semyon Varlamov charged out. The net was empty behind him.<\/p>\n

McDonagh sent a backhander toward that empty net. There was about a second left. Time stood still. The deafening roar of the crowd crawled into every spectator\u2019s throat and was swallowed up in fearful anticipation. The game was about to be tied. The game was about to go into overtime.<\/p>\n

And then \u2026 and then \u2026 the game was over.<\/p>\n

The game was over because Ryan Pulock, materializing out of nowhere like a superhero, somehow came across the crease and got his right glove on the puck before it could cross the goal line and then managed to swat it aside where it harmlessly spun. The Islanders pounded and surrounded No. 6 with glee and celebrated as if there were no tomorrow.<\/p>\n

But of course, there are at least two more tomorrows coming for the Islanders, now 2-2 in the series with Game 5 set for Monday night in Tampa. And there is at least one more tomorrow for the Old Barn, which will host Game 6 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

History meeting the present. History becoming history of its own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody\u2019s breath was kind of taken away when that puck was coming,\u201d said Mathew Barzal, who had scored the 2-0 goal and was watching from the bench. \u201cI thought they \u2026 I thought it was going in and then just a miraculous play by Poolie, so I\u2019m not going to be forgetting that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Miracle on Ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cMcDonagh made a heck of a play with the spin-o-rama, the net was open and I just tried to make myself big and take it away and I was able to [make the play],\u201d Pulock said. \u201cYou hear the sound of the clock going and the boys jump on you. It\u2019s a good feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Understatement, anyone?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s playoffs. Nothing should surprise anybody, really,\u201d said head coach Barry Trotz, whose Islanders played with verve, confidence and to their Identity in building the 3-0 lead and then settled back in after the Lightning closed to 3-2. \u201cThat\u2019s the great thing about our game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can bring you out of your seats right \u2019til the last minute. What a save by Poolie. That will be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trotz, who stands 5-foot-9, couldn\u2019t see the madness to his right that was unfolding. So the coach looked up at the scoreboard video screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was standing up and I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve noticed but I\u2019m not that tall,\u201d he said. \u201cI tried to take a peek up at the scoreboard real quick and all I saw was Nellie sliding, McDonagh turned, Varly came out to challenge and it looked like it was going in the net.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen obviously Poolie came through and slid across and saved the day for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The coach then made a little joke.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never it was never in doubt,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The final moment overshadowed what had been a fantastic game. This had pace. This had tempo. This would have been a classic befitting the Barn and its heritage, regardless.<\/p>\n

But then came the final second. Then came history. More history at the Coliseum.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never seen anything like it.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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