"5 OT" is trending.

I am watching the Columbus/Tampa Bay game, the first of the Eastern Conf Stanley Cup Playoff games... on a ~45 min DVR delay so I can skip commercials/intermissions, so I'm only on the *fourth* overtime so far.

The game started around ~3:15pm (I started watching much later than this and also paused for dinner and to talk to my parents on the phone.)

2.5 hr later a game in the Western Conference started and also ended while this game was still going on.

One player fell down or was injured or something and was laying on the ice and I said, "Oh, he just needs a nap."

Each period is 20 minutes, so at the point I'm watching, this game has already been 2 hours and 10 minutes of clock-running play. And if "5 OT" is trending, then the spoiler alert is that *still* no one is going to score in the next ten minutes.

Also, there is supposed to be another Eastern Conference game in this same rink, after about an hour to reset and clean the dressing rooms and such. SO there are two other teams just kind of... waiting? For this game to end. Who knows what time they'll even start?!?

In conclusion this is insane and these guys are gonna be *so tired* tomorrow omg.

They postponed the Bruins/Carolina game to tomorrow morning. Hahahahahaha.

This is the problem with having only two rinks / a bubble, but it is waaaaaay better than teams traveling during a pandemic.

"This game started exactly six hours ago," said the announcer with 16:38 left in the fifth overtime.

That was the fourth longest game in hockey playoff history. (Unfortunately I have the other team winning the series, in my bracket.)