Jagr keeps religious icons in his locker. He is a former NHL MVP, a former league scoring champion, a two-time Cup champion. But all his saints, all his skill, all his experience and all his accomplishments haven’t bought him a goal in these playoffs, and they didn’t help him 1:28 into OT on Saturday night. This is hockey.

But then, so is this. The Chicago Blackhawks threw the puck around the boards. It got away from Brandon Bollig, and the Bruins were there. Adam McQuaid kept it in the zone, Tyler Seguin sent it across and Daniel Paille snapped it at the net from the top of the left circle.

The puck pinged off the right post. The sound rang around the rink. But instead of going off the iron and out – like it had in the overtimes in Game 1, like it had in this overtime to Jagr – it went off the iron and in at 13:48. The Bruins won, 2-1, tying the series, 1-1.

Joy? Not exactly.

“Just relief that the game was over,” Paille said.

Cotsonika continues at length, and as usual, his article's worth your time.