The Wraparound: Kuemper, Avalanche struggle with leads vs. Blues

The Wraparound is your daily look at the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. We’ll break down the NHL playoff games today with the all-important television information.

• Check in with all of Thursday’s Stanley Cup Playoff action with the NHL Rink Wrap. 

• There was some controversy, but the Oilers ended “The Battle of Alberta” by eliminating the Flames.

• We’ve received some greybeard updates lately. Jaromir Jagr’s apparently leaning toward a 35th season, while Joe Thornton isn’t sure if he’ll retire or keep playing.

• Hard-hitting Capitals winger Tom Wilson recently underwent knee surgery, and is expected to need six-to-eight months to recover. If he falls in the low-end of that recovery window, he wouldn’t miss too much of next regular season.

During overtime in playoff hockey, you’ll see a wide variety of goals that decide games, or even series. Every now and then, you’ll see a beauty OT-winner. In plenty of cases, an overtime-winner can be a fluke, ugly, or a combination of the two.

Even a goalie with a “short memory” would struggle to shake off an overtime goal as bad as the one Darcy Kuemper allowed against Tyler Bozak.

Tyler Bozak kept the Blues' playoff hopes afloat with this OT game-winner