Nothing about it highlighted hockey’s beauty - the pinpoint passes or unfathomable shots on goal that fuel the game’s excitement. It was a 1-minute-11-second montage of slow-motion game clips. So the N.H.L., desperate for viewers, produced an eye-popping promotional video. playoffs and playoff chases in Major League Baseball. In a normal year, hockey wouldn’t have had to compete for an audience with a trifecta that includes the start of the N.F.L. The battle for the Cup has struggled for wider attention on a sports calendar upended by the coronavirus pandemic and social strife. The Tampa Bay Lightning lead the Dallas Stars, three games to two, in a taut best-of-seven series that continues Monday night. In the N.H.L., the Stanley Cup finals are well underway. The reminder came courtesy of a pair of reliable standard-bearers: professional hockey and football, both brimming with beauty and drama obscuring a dark side that should not be ignored. The tortured relationship between pain, violence and sports burst sharply into view once again this month.
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