Tortorella dismissed the significance of that statistic Tuesday after practice, but it marked a striking break from how he has divvied out playing time in previous postseasons.
Anaheim missed two of the previous three postseasons, and Honda Center was packed well before the opening faceoff with hungry fans waving orange glow sticks and whipping towels above their heads.
While network execs regularly pray for big market matchups for the NBA, MLB and NHL postseasons, they pretty much sit back and watch the numbers pile up for the NFL playoffs.