There's nothing like overtime in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Ask the Nashville Predators.
The club won a triple-OT thriller in Game 4 late Thursday night - or early Friday morning, depending on your perspective - thanks to Mike Fisher's winner, tying their series with the San Jose Sharks in the process. And all of it, every minute, was worth it.
"If we would've won 5-1, it would've been nice," said Mattias Ekholm, according to The Tennessean's Adam Vingan. "But when you win it like this, it's obviously extra nice."
Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne, who made 44 saves - 25 in the three overtimes - was ready to make another 44.
"I don't care how these wins come if we have to play all night," Rinne said, according to the Predators' website. "It's a 2-2 series right now, and you can't say enough about San Jose too. They have a great team, and they played a strong game, but like I said, it shows a lot of character when you pull out a win like this."
The Predators were down 2-0 in the series and left for dead. They're alive.
"You have to give credit to Rinne," Ekholm added. "He kept us in the game all OT and all game long. ... It's a huge win for us, and we'll enjoy it tonight, forget about it tomorrow. It's a new game Saturday."
Fisher credited the crowd in Music City.
"That was a great hockey game, and our fans had as much energy as anyone," he said. "Going out for that third (overtime) they were unbelievable, and we tried to feed off of that a little bit too."
