Golden Knights, Avalanche Still Own the Pacific’s Plot Twist

This one is about a series that keeps finding new ways to get sideways, and that is usually where the real NHL story lives. The Golden Knights and Avalanche bring enough star power to fill a highlight reel, but the tension is in the little stuff that only shows up after a team has spent a few nights taking each other’s best shot. Rewinds like this are where you see which adjustments mattered and which “we’ll fix it next game” promises were just rink-speak.