Most Beautiful NHL Plays Of The Season…So Far

Mates just has it, here he comes now. Shot, score! Oh my, what a shot! Look at this dump in, it goes right off the skate, right back to the blade. I mean, there's no room there. It's like the room of just the puck itself. Cutting in, dropping off, Caulfield, shoots, score! O.T. winner and what a spot, a rocket up top over the shoulder of Joey Decord. There are Swedes everywhere you look in this game. Lucas Raymond from Sweden, shoots and scores! What a great move by Raymond. What a snipe! Has settled in Dallas and signed a big deal and will be here for a long time, Rantanen, but one-time team. One-timer score, tricycle set up by Roselbeck, 2-0. He's got it now, chugging down the wing, right hard to the net! And he scores an absolute beautiful goal! Wow! We've seen this move before. Oh, this is pretty as peach pie. Watch how he tucks it underneath the defenseman's stick and then reaches over top and then elevates it short, side, cheese. Can feed, knocked away, Carrier alertly poked that, otherwise Vegas would have had an odd man rush. Cole Caulfield, score! Get in tight! What a shot this is by Cole Caulfield. Starts with a clean entry by Suzuki and then Caulfield, what a snipe right over the blocker of Akira Schmidt. Empty net, Marcia Stokes got a chance and a good save and blocked, stretched up to Caulfield. Caulfield, cutting in, Richard, score! Fantilli breaks in, drop pass between the legs, Marchenko scores! And the Blue Jackets with three goals here in the period. There it is, working through the neutral zone. Here's Smith trying to get through, he scores! Cole Smith drives right at the middle and beats Kemper to tie the score at three. And this is a textbook example of never quitting on a plan. And when you get a perfect pass like that, it's good for him to finish it. Svechnikoff around Schaefer and he scores! Andre Svechnikoff, third point of the season, second goal and he drives in. Watch him drop that left leg, which allows him to get inside Schaefer. Pushes it off with that left arm and... Brett Pesci will knock it down as we approach the midway point. Here's Jack Hughes, breaks in, shoots and scores, but nothing Jersey. Got the feeling something like this was going to happen eventually. This is just Jack Hughes putting in overdrive. And then a perfectly placed shot off the far bar. Keller right back in. And now Clayton Keller trying to go to the net. Keller shoots, he scores! Clayton Keller! Clayton Lynch! And Utah wins it in overtime! Tremendous individual effort, holds onto the puck. Talk about the well-rounded game of Seth Jarvis. Now Jackson Blake pulling away from Caprizov. He's got Hall with him, Blake with the jump, he scores! Oh, what a one-man show from Jackson Blake! And he ties it at one! Sweet, sweet music for already a foundational player for the Hurricanes in his second year. Braden Point, he'll step in. Drag it by Tate, he scores! What a goal! Braden Point! He just hit another gear and went right by Devontae's, which is so hard to do. And then you talk about a backhand and a half, it doesn't get any better than that. In the NHL, Buffalo second last in the league, but they're penalty killing terrific. And a nice move, speaking of terrific, what a play by Thompson. Driving the net, the big man, 6'6", buried that one. Big reach, cutting in, and makes no mistake. Shot hit the skate of Riley, and Nyes pokes it free. In behind Gosses there. Nyes works it, backhand shot, scores! What a goal by Matthew Nyes! Nyes somehow goes down but maintains his balance. Hughes fakes a one-timer, spinarama, shot, scores! Not many guys who can do this as smoothly and as calmly, especially at such a young age, as Luke Hughes. Here's Pasternak with some space, McEvoy to the net, they find Linn, home and he scores! Pass, that is, by Pasternak. I mean, you talk about selling and selling and selling. Pasternak down the left side is a righty. Everybody in the building thought he was going to fire that puck. Just a brilliant pass. Allen, up ahead to Matthews, in with Nyes. Matthews walks right in, feeds it across to Nyes, but Matthews scores! Oh, what a goal, the Leafs lead 5-2! That was sweet. Dvorak, almost had Mieczkoff. Zegers for a two-on-one, but again, the puck didn't go through. Dvorak's got it now to Mieczkoff, across for Zegers. Zegers, centering it in front, and Dvorak scores! As you can see, Zegers, he almost, like, looks them off and puts it right in the wheelhouse for Dvorak. That is a real tough play for a goaltender. Good job recovering the puck for the Ducks. Granlin, one-time shot pass, comes through the slot. Terry dangles once, then passes, and Granlin scores! What a pretty play. Wow, Troy Terry danced two different defenders. Teresinko scoops it up for Minnesota. Teresinko drags to the back, and centers! Yurov scores! To the middle, between the legs, and then just leaving it soft in space for Yurov. There's McPain for Utah. Mammoth with a one-nothing lead. Gersey misses the net. Carcone swings it out in front. McPain scores! The third line for the Mammoth. Carcone makes a real nifty play here as he retrieves the puck, finds McPain on the back door, catches the red-wing defender's napping. I mean, Sherrod's there. I don't know why he didn't have his stick on the ice. Caulfield, down for Ivan Demidov. Back to Caulfield. In low, Suzuki scores! Sovkovski, side of the net, power play goal! A no-look behind-the-back pass from the captain, a real beautiful power play goal. Gergensen cuts across it in the middle, leaves it for Gord. Gord to Lilleberg. That's a goal! A turnover by Pulak. Kaprizov, back to Zuccarello to Kaprizov. He scores! Kaprizov to Zuccarello, back to Kaprizov. Watch this, between the legs, behind the back. This play here is just incredible. And Dillon Gunther will bring it right back in for Logan Cooley. What a move, drops it. Gunther scores! Dillon Gunther! What a shot, and what a setup. That's a pipe into the back of the net, a beautiful goal. It's a two-on-one for Boston shorthanded. Steves and Mitten, Frazier and Mitten, drags, made the pass across, and they score! They attack Schaefer. Little toe drag. Now he's got nothing but ice. Could have been a two-on-one if they connected cleanly. Celebrity's back on. What a play by Klingberg. Over to Celebrity. Amazing comebacks in franchise history. Sharks win. Incredible. Forsberg, side of the net, O'Reilly turns, goes up, there's, he scores! O'Reilly the factor. Look at the puck movement here. Look at the forehand. Hansen knocked it over the line. And Hartman stick handles in, five holes, scores! Ryan Hartman, he just goes one touch right over Holloway. It's just a heck of a play. You got to tip your hat sometimes. And then Hartman certainly gets a little bit of puck luck as Mayhew's going to lay out for it. It goes off a stick off the skate. He knew he got away with one right there. It settles down for Wyatt Johnston. On the turn, Johnston hangs on to it, scores! Wyatt Johnston shows off fancy hands, walks all the way in and just pulls it back. What a finish up and over the glove and tucks it in. A beautiful play by Wyatt Johnston. Followed up by Caulfield, and here's Dobson looking for Caulfield, and time scores! This is a dandy move by Cole Caulfield. I mean, known to be a shooter, but he stick handles in a phone booth here. What a pass right here to find it tape to tape. Polisar leads it for Shea Theodore. Steps around Heinemann to the middle. Theodore, it's good! Saves Suwokin, it's at the goal line, it's in! What a goal from Shea Theodore. You don't see that a lot from defenseman Shea Theodore. What a beautiful goal that was, my goodness. And the Blues get three around Jonathan Tavares. And then Tavares with a kick out to Riley. Tucks it in and scores! It's a three on one. The Blues can't get it. There's three bodies around Tavares. Watch him, he's going to kick it out with the skate. Right there. And eventually it finds William Neely. Look at this move. Absolutely dazzles here in Toronto. Schaefer swings far side. Swayman able to square up. It's tucked in. They're going to pull it right around Zappa, right around Swayman and tuck it. Cook out Besser, jumps around Hellison. Peels back, Garland coming late. Stick handles his way in and scores! Wow, Connor Garland. This is the skill set that makes Connor Garland such an effective goal scorer. I mean, he can stick handle in a home booth, right? This power play will take them to the intermission unless they can score first. Barzell moves around Drury. Barzell dangles, scores! Wow, goodness. I mean, it's just a beautiful job. He'll bang it back in the net. Big check delivered behind the net to Zdorab. And this one, Bernard rips it and scores! Bernard got free at the top of the circle. He rifles it by Corpus Ello. Cooley couldn't clear. Eklund, over to Smith. And now celebrating, he scores! This clear doesn't get out. Cooley tries to find a way out. And I'll tell you, this is a hell of a shot right here. That's a goal scorer's goal, there's no question. Playing in the Western, big center ice. Promising cross, turned it over. Bernard in alone. Dix scores! He's going to surprise Morgan Frost. Frost is so clever with the puck, but Bernard's having none of it. Strips it off Frost, and watch this move. So Sam Lafferty comes in for him for Chicago. Here's Bedard, took the shot, and scores! Oh, what a rifle. Well, this is exactly where shooters like Bedard need to shoot the puck, right up there. There is not much a goaltender can do. Brian Warsofsky said to us this morning that Salabrini is a lot stronger than last year. Right on cue, he sets up Will Smith. Leo stays with it, keeping it in the zone. Terry to Leo, he'll cut in, go back in, and score! Oh, how good was that? What hands from Leo Carlson. The finish here by Carlson is really something to behold. Here's a nice move by Smith, what a dangle. Back to the inside, he scores! What a goal by Will Smith! Wow, this is absolutely superstar goal. One deep, drags it past two men. Husso to Pat. Brinzel with a shot, Pat saved by Husso. Fired up the right leg, comes back in front. They score! It's Bedard! It looked like Kalorn and the Ducks were able to go the other way, they were not. And that turnover, right on the tape. Bedard looks like he's, oh my goodness. Some quick, quick hands right there. Now looking to break the other way. Look out, here's 98, it is Bedard. Cuts in, shoots and scores! Not a show in Las Vegas. The entertainment capital of the world, indeed. Henderson, he turned it over. Grapple steal and come in. Now celebrating, what a move and a stop! That one goes in! Macklin celebrating. That cut in, the speed in which he attacks the spin. The shot goes off the leg. The absolute genius. Deflected out by the goal scorer, Krubenko. This is a great move. Forehand, backhand, shelf and a tight. That doesn't do it any justice though because it's in slow-mo. Banks it forward for Malkin, outlet pass. Springs Brasso, he's got a step. Backhander, scores! What a pick up off the wall. Look at this, in stride, dragging his foot. Hockey IQ, in with speed and then the big man with that point. That allows Freddy Gaudreau a chance to get it out. A spring pass for Marchman. He's in! Marchman, scores! Mason Marchman. Not a piece of him, but Jack Hughes takes over for New Jersey. A trip to the puck by Martengo. He gets inside on Hughes. Takes his puck and no mistake. You like Mike Ford's on the power play? Yeah, I do. Marner to the inside, digs, scores! What a goal from Mitch Marner. He's arrived in Vegas. He's in so tight, and howled in by Dustin Wolfe. What a beauty for number 400. Offensively, too, for that matter. Here comes O'Reilly, quick feed into Blankenberg. He scores! Oh, what a goal. Nick Blankenberg from Washington, Michigan. The former Wolverine is heat-pumped. He's got one breaking, three straight. Howden wins this clean. Theodore banks it out. Set play. Eichel skating into it. Eichel has the stuff. Look at him win! Absolutely outstanding. Comes back out high. Stolen away. Here's Nick Smoltz, and he's in. Nick Smoltz. He scores! Nick Smoltz. Silky up to the corner. Tied at one. It's a big-time goal for the Mammoth. We're tied. Slid it up ahead. Here's Anton Lundell in. Todrak still with it. Backhand took and score! Anton Lundell stayed with the play, and 19 seconds into the second, he opens the scoring. And the puck is sent to center. Besser, nice angle pass to Sherwood, who's in over the line. Keeper Sherwood, nice move. He's in! He scores! And that's a goal on his resume. Sherwood todrags. Whoop! And what a beauty by Keeper Sherwood. Through center. Leaves Caulfield. Nearly lost it, but he's got it. Caulfield cutting in. Cole Caulfield. Short side. Try to tuck it. Oh, score! Boys, how about the hands? He stomps on a dime. They're so good and so quick, the court gets caught. Forsling, up ahead. Marchand's got it along the wall. Marchand, stick handles, and he scores a beauty! Brad Marchand with a gorgeous goal! Oh, he is lean and mean and oh, so far between. Cox Lafferty. Brings it across and holds on to it, and the sprawling Markstrom can't get there. What a finish, Colby. A little how's-she-goin' and a highlight real goal. Creating a little separation and some room. Back the other way. Pasternak in! And Stoller's down! And it's in! What a good piece of work. David Pasternak has goal number 399. Oh, man. That just looked like a slow-motion replay, didn't it? Jamie Benn brings it ahead, feeds it for Rantanen. Mikko Rantanen twists it, turns it back in! He scores! My goodness! Mikko Rantanen, straight to the highlight real for the rest of the season. What a goal! With 90 seconds left on the clock. Up 2-1. Nice touch pass. Malmstein, he's got some company coming. Oh, what a move! Malmstein scores! Are you kidding me? Malmstein, fine as wine right there. Oh, he's got to get a video of that one. That's awesome. That whole sequence was all just a forecheck. Mercer with the steal! Mercer, backhand! Forehand! Backhand! Indeed by Dawson Mercer. Zegers goes down and watch this move to the middle of the ice as the defenseman slides way out of position. But the patience from Dawson Mercer. Dickinson off the puck to allow it to escape the zone. Oh, what a play by Pettersen. Knocks it to himself. He's in. He's hooked. He scores! While falling down. Elias Pettersen. He knocks this out of the air away from Toffoli. Askeroff plays this terribly in goal here. And it ends up banking in off of the right pad of Askeroff. But look at the play here. Out of midair. Zooming through center, Ryan Leonard. Leonard with a gorgeous move. He scores! Jackson Blake cutting through the middle. Back and forth. He scores! Oh, Jackson Blake. Look at this. It's 4-0, Hurricanes. National creditors seem to play the Colorado Avalanche very tough here on home ice. Nice move by Brock Nelson. He scores! This is one of those highlight reel goals. It's a pretty goal. Is the Avalanche able to get through the neutral zone? A great individual move by Brock Nelson. Taken ranting it. Galloping ahead. Working to the inside. He scores! Wally! My goodness. Here comes Luke Evangelista swinging in. Makes a great move! The Flyers get it back out nicely. Beautiful shift by Tippett. He's in for a chance. He scores! It's 1-0. That's how you beat that thing. To center that one. But Vegas on the intercept. Now with a step jumping in. They'll score! Stretching it past Anderson. And in is Pavel Dorofiev. I mean what a move from Dorofiev. They're now going to dictate the turns. And here they come. With speed. Gunther. Keller. Get his stick on that pass. Marino pinching from the point. Chips one toward the net. And they score! It floats in over the glove of Philip Gustafson. He will dig in. Utah gets a 2-on-1 down low to Cooley. And they score! Touches it fine. He takes it on the forehand. And just slides it right through his legs. On the return feed. Head up. Threw it toward the front of the net. They score. What a finish. That was a ridiculous release from Barakoski. And that is fancy. Wow, what a great job. Man, he may have shot that between his legs and Stanley's. Barrett-Hayden fell down. Kepler fell over. Higgins with it. New hook from Kellex. New hook. He comes right through his legs. And there's no way Peturka's going to get him there. And the nice finish off of Elka. Great shot there of Olvey. He knew it was in before it was in. Lucas Raymond in. Little stutter step there. Raymond driving around the goal. Raymond's still with it. Raymond's got the opening. He's got it! What a beautiful goal! Oh, my! Lucas Raymond. And it's 2-1. Lightning exchanging sticks. They go to the net. And Richie scores! Richie off the back wall from no angle. Was able to slip it behind Johansson. Barbashev. In the spot. Bowman. Barbashev. He scores! He forks it home! Ivan Barbashev with a desperate effort. And that makes a difference. It was. Pass for Dick Robertson. Broke it up. But look at the speed. But there it is! Robertson strikes first! A McLeod moment early. And you talk about on a mission there. As soon as he got the puck, took his skating to another level. And that's a tough one there for Hill to beat. Tries to find McKinnon. Got it back on the stick in the slot. Backhand jump! He scores! Nathan McKinnon! What a goal! That is pure magician wizardry by Nathan McKinnon. Johnny Novak in the direction of Crosby. Can he get there? He does! And he scores! Sidney Crosby catches up to that puck and is able to bury it. He's one of the best, if not the best, in the world with one hand on his stick. And now has six goals in his last four games. Oh, here's McDavid breaking through the defense. Backhand electric! Cut! Once he has that speed through the neutral zone, Beck is dry-cycled again. Just dishes it off to him. Plays and say, take it. Came from Philadelphia along with Morgan Frost in a deal. Chris Cross. Connor McDavid will dust it off. A gorgeous goal. Blue Jackets knew this man was going to come out and try to do something, anything, big or small. And this is spectacular. McKinnon cuts to his backhand. He scores! Score! McKinnon! Nurse thought about taking a one-timer. Instead, a rear shot. In front! He scores! Set up by McDavid, his third assist of the night. The Oilers extend to a 3-1. Gloved down to the ice, between the legs, backhand pass onto the tape in the back of the net. Natha kicks it free. Back to the point for Carlson. Crosby, winds and blasts. Deflects in front! Score! That's it! That's history! The kid is now the king! Cindy Crosby has passed Mario Lemieux for the most points ever by a Pittsburgh Penguin!