The scoreboard clock showed no time left, but the official time is kept by a game official on the field.
But as the final minutes were flashing away on the scoreboard clocks, the faithful knew.
The scoreboard clock showed 32 seconds remaining as the ball was snapped on the game's penultimate play.
ON the scoreboard clocks, the seconds kept flashing away.
The scoreboard clock at the top of the stadium was nothing but zeros.
Three fights and 72 penalty minutes, all in four seconds on the scoreboard clock.
The problem was the scoreboard clock, which failed to start for 14 seconds after a face-off.
The ball was given to Edeshko to start play, with the scoreboard clock actually showing 50 seconds remaining.
The fans looked and saw 19:40 on the scoreboard clock.
For a few minutes in the first quarter, time stood still because the scoreboard clock stopped.