Well that's a painful way to score....but at least a score. Poor Jordan Staal of the Canes took one off the face last week...and it just caromed out of bounds...OUCH.
But yeah, hockey is all about the strange bounces of the puck, hot goalies, cold goalies, hit the post and out, or hit the post and in...strange bounces off the wall behind the goals...and other oddities. It's a sport where somewhat often the team that plays the best does not win the game.