Conversation ongoing between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Aaron Rodgers at the Devils-Rangers game.
Aaron Rodgers is making himself right at home as the newest New York Jet. On Saturday, he cheered on another of the city’s franchises in a storied venue.
Yes, that was Aaron Rodgers cheering on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. It can’t get any more New York than that (in late April). And Rodgers proved to be a good luck charm for the Rangers. They were behind, 3-2, to the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the NHL playoffs. But thanks to New York’s 5-2 victory, Saturday, the Rangers and Devils are tied 3-3.
Starting with the Lumon out-of-town scoreboard: the Toronto Maple Leafs have have advanced to the second round for the first time since the late 80s (2004). I expect them to get swept by the Panthers or Bruins in the second round.
Back in my day *shakes fist at cloud*, Dawson Mercer tripping Patrick Kane on a breakaway would have been a clean play as long as he got hit the puck first. That rule was revised some years back and now it’s called a trip any time you trip a guy, which is succint-er.
On that power play, the Rangers snapped a slump that had them goal-less in 14 straight opportunities. Chris Kreider was the scorer there; he leads the series and postseason with six goals.
Of course Rodgers likes to talk about aliens. He says he saw a UFO in the weeks before the 2005 NFL Draft. He was visiting the East Coast. Then one night after dinner, he saw an incredible object in the sky.
“It was a large orange, left-to-right-moving object,” Aaron Rodgers said in an interview back in 2016. “Because of the overcast nature of the night and the snow, you couldn’t make out, it was behind the clouds we were seeing, but it was definitively large in the night sky, moving from left to right.” He also said he heard fighter jets, which meant this UFO sighting was real.
Curtis Lazar found a bad rebound from Igor Shesterkin and converted it into an early lead for the Devils. That lead did not survive the period; however, as Chris Kreider tipped in a shot in the last thirty seconds. Those last few seconds seemed to change everything.
In the second period, Mika Zibenejad got his first goal of the postseason, scoring on a pass from below the goal line to give New York the lead. After a failed clear, Vladimir Tarasenko potted a big shot to give the Rangers a two-goal lead after two periods.
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