StL and Calgary’s miracle runs both have one very common factor (as does almost every Cinderella run in NHL history ) - a goalie playing at an elite ++ level
And in these two scenarios the team playing with the new goalie - kipper and Benny - played at an elite level when they were in net well before playoffs started , so it wasn’t really a get in and anything can happen scenario
Playing with these goalies these teams were elite long before the playoffs started and it just carried through
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