Often you’ll hear this expression to mean that a player (especially a goalie) is playing incredibly well. For the Canadiens/Flames game last night, though, it could be taken literally, as the arena lights took much longer than usual to turn on and warm up, leaving the teams playing in the dark for the first 10 minutes or so. Big pond hockey vibes.
Here are all the games for the next couple of days (all times Eastern):
Thursday, October 23
Blackhawks at Lightning (6:45 PM)
Ducks at Bruins (7:00 PM)
Sharks at Rangers (7:00 PM)
Flyers at Senators (7:00 PM)
Penguins at Panthers (7:00 PM)
Red Wings at Islanders (7:00 PM)
Mammoth at Blues (8:00 PM)
Canucks at Predators (8:00 PM)
Kraken at Jets (8:00 PM)
Kings at Stars (9:00 PM)
Hurricanes at Avalanche (9:00 PM)
Canadiens at Oilers (9:00 PM)
Friday, October 24
Capitals at Blue Jackets (7:00 PM)
Sharks at Devils (7:00 PM)
Maple Leafs at Sabres (7:00 PM)
Flames at Jets (8:00 PM)
The regular-season hockey threads won’t be pinned, so you might want to keep this open in a separate tab if you’d like to keep an eye on it until the next one goes up. (Considering how fast unpinned posts slide down the home page, I’ll probably be slapping up a new one of these every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday as long as I remember to do so.) Otherwise, you can always find these under the Sports > Hockey menu at the top of the home page.
Have fun and happy hockey!