Takeaways From Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final
6/10/202657 min
Dimitri Filipovic is joined by John Matisz to help break down Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. We discuss our big takeaways through four games of this series, how the two teams are creating all of the offense we've seen so far, Jordan Staal's late bid in the Conn Smythe discussion, and everything else you need to know heading into Game 5 on Thursday night.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat music] Regressing to the mean since 2015, it's the Hockey PDO Cast with your host, Dimitri Filipovic.
Dimitri Filipovic· Host0:17
Welcome to the Hockey PDO Cast. My name's Dimitri Filipovic, and joining me is my good buddy, Jon Mattis. Jon, what's going on, man?
John Matisz· Guest0:26
A lot. My sister just had a baby, found out this morning, and we're coming off game four of a truly incredible cup final, so life's good.
Dimitri Filipovic· Host0:35
I like how you framed that. You made it sound like it was a surprise. You're like, "Oh, that- [laughs] ... that happened. I wasn't expecting at all. I've been so locked into the Stanley Cup Final that I totally lost track of it." I believe our storyline throughout this cup final's been that a bunch of these players as well, either either- Right ... having kids, engagements, or expecting babies on the way, so it's certainly that time of year. I'm very excited for today's show. You and I did the post-game right after game one of this series, and it was a, it was a thriller. And we had a lot of fun notes and conversation about it, and it feels like it's been just stacking one on top of another really. The first four games have all been bangers. Um, another multi-goal lead erased in this game four, another high-scoring game, another one-goal game, essentially. I know the, the score line is 5-3, but the empty netter at the end obscures that a little bit. It was