Unlucky speedway for Bartulis

Oskars Bartulis thinks the Blackhawks were just the luckier team.

"We didn't have any problems with getting in the right mood before such an important game. And the game showed that. It could've gone either way and the Blackhawks were luckier in the overtime. Both teams tried to play a bit carefully in the beginning, but then there were chances in both ends. So either team could've won."

The speed of the game left Bartulis in awe.

"I have never played in such a fast-paced hockey game", he says. "Never in my life."

"You don't think about making mistakes, because if you do, the mistakes will come. I usually try to think positively."

If the pace of the game was fast, so was the puck in that Patrick Kane shot that decided the game in overtime. Bartulis was one of many who had trouble realizing the game was over after that shot.

"I didn't even see the puck go in", he says. "I thought it didn't go in."

"But unfortunately in sports, the other team has to lose."