Aarif Dean

But that was just one of those crazy games that you don't really blame on the goalie for.

And number two, he's done this all year.

I think the surprise in all of this is that this had been the longest that Blackwood had pretty much gone as a healthy goalie because he has missed some time this year without playing.

And when you take that into consideration, it was almost a month.

It is a pretty pivotal game.

There's a huge difference between

Coming back home 3-1, and then it's a whole new series, and it's 2-2.

So that was a big, big move there for Jared Bednar.

And Blackwood responded, and he responded well.

Great move there.

And then, sorry, what was your second question again?

Yeah, he had to make some really, really big saves there.

And I think in the third period, it was 15 to 12 were the scoring chances.

And that comes in a game where that was more than half of the scoring chances that the Minnesota Wild had all game.

And, you know, as you know, it was a game that was pretty much tied or within a goal the entire way.

So there were some big saves he had to make there to keep the abs in it.

I thought it was best case scenario for the ads.

I really thought there was a case to give them a major.

I don't know if it was one of those things where the officials just didn't want to fill a player out and make it.

really, really bad for one side so early in the game, or if it was a case of that, it was just such a minimal attempt of a, of a button that they, you know, didn't feel that it was worthy of a five.