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Barring injury, for the 46th consecutive season, a former teammate of Jaromir Jagr will appear in the Stanley Cup Final Brett Kulak (Avalanche) or Rasmus Andersson (Golden Knights)

John Tortorella declined to speak with the media after advancing to the Western Conference finals. The Golden Knights also didn’t open the dressing room after the game. They brought 1 player into a side room to speak, along with the two who spoke at the podium. I’ve been covering the NHL for nine years and never seen either of those happen once.

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"How many times did you notice him before the game-winning goal? What if I told you he played more than Cale Makar?" @runwriteAarif joins @RealKyper and @jtbourne to praise Brett Kulak's quiet consistency after his series-clinching overtime goal in Game 5.

Avs game-winning goals vs Minnesota G1: Nazem Kadri G2: Nic Roy G4: Parker Kelly G5: Brett Kulak Chris MacFarland traded for three of those guys before the deadline Catch that and more below ⬇️

The Wild are the first team in NHL history to have a 3+ goal lead at the first intermission of a playoff game but then have fewer than 10 shots on goal the rest of the way and end up losing.

Good for Brett Kulak He was traded by Brad Treliving to Montreal in exchange for Rinat Valiev and Matt Taormina. Both did not play a game in CGY Since being traded by the Flames, Kulak has played in 108 playoff games The Flames have played 94 playoff games in the last 30 years

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MacKinnon exorcised his demons 😈

“My Daughter’s birthday party tomorrow and so, yeah, it’s nice I don’t have to travel to Minnesota for that. So, she’ll be happy Dad’s at her birthday party.” Kulak sends Colorado to the WCF AND gets to be home for the birthday party 🥳

Bednar said MacKinnon was saying this on the bench throughout the game

Since the 23-24 season, Brett Kulak has played more playoff games (56) than any player in the #NHL. #GoAVSGO

MacKinnon: "I think losing the way we did last season ... it can kind of bring your team a little closer."

Brett Kulak: "I'm not the guy everyone's looking down the bench like, 'alright, get out there and go win it for us."

Nathan MacKinnon on trailing 3-0: "We figured it was a long time for someone to hold a lead against us."

That's Brett Kulak's fourth career playoff goal in 107 games. His first GWG.