Maybe we’ll get another overtime game to raise our collective blood pressure again. New Jersey is favored, but give me the Rangers’ starpower. We have another Game 7 tonight, too: Devils vs. They join those 2001 Mariners, the 2007 Patriots and the 2015-16 Warriors on the Mount Rushmore of title-contending chokers. The best regular-season team in history lost in the first round, at home, in overtime, after being up 3-1 in the series. It might be the most hurtful outcome imaginable for Bruins fans. Yet now that it’s here, you zoom out, and your jaw still hangs agape. We’ve talked about this possibility for a full week now.

It’s really difficult to fathom the historic depth of the Bruins’ overtime loss to the Panthers. Speaking of elite teams that collapsed: That wasn’t the most impactful event of the evening, though. Good for Seattle fans, who are still missing a basketball team and haven’t seen the Mariners get past the divisional round since 2001. This franchise is two years old and already has a lore-making series win in the books. Seattle scored two in the second period and didn’t need anything more. The Kraken pulled off a stunning win in Denver, without ever trailing. Nope! Those higher seeds were the best regular season team the NHL has ever seen - the Boston Bruins - and the defending Stanley Cup champions - the Colorado Avalanche.Both lower-seeded teams pulled out gutsy wins.

Two Game 7s, both on home ice for the higher-seeded teams.

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