It was bound to happen eventually.
Ryan Ellis conceded the fact at his stall in the visiting locker room on Friday night, just moments after the Nashville Predators ended up on the wrong side of the scoresheet for the first time in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The goal, of course, is to win every time the Preds step on the ice, but the law of averages say that they puck doesn't always bounce your way.
"I don't think we expected to win 16 games straight and walk off with the Stanley Cup," Ellis said after Game Two.
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