25 CRAZIEST Plays This NHL Season

25 of the craziest plays this NHL season start with Connor McDavid. 24.6 miles per hour? That's the third fastest skating speed recorded in NHL history, yet that's just the 25th craziest play of the season. See, Uri Slikovsky did something even crazier in number 24. Doing that in the conference finals? Slikovsky left Svechnikov looking like he'd want to melt through the ice. But even Svechnikov wasn't fooled as bad as the announcer in our 23rd craziest play. Cause Brandon Bussey made a save so crazy, he had the announcer calling it a good goal. Yeah, Tage Thompson couldn't believe his eyes either. Just like I couldn't believe mine after seeing number 22. Cause Ryan Ufko scored the craziest first NHL goal of all time. You score that as your first NHL goal? And a game winner as well? It's not crazy to call that the greatest first goal of all time. But scoring a highlight reel goal all by yourself is one thing. Cause in number 21, the Canadiens scored one as a team. Yet somehow, even a goal like that ain't the craziest power play goal of the season. Just because McDavid keeps doing stuff like this. At this point, they should just let McDavid play alone to give him more space. And believe it or not, that right there ain't even close to the craziest play McDavid pulled off this season. Cause the plays just keep on getting crazier now that we've cracked the top 20. Like the time Matty Beniers made one of the greatest defensemen in the league look like a fool. Humiliating the greatest defensive player in the league like that. Man, I've never seen Slavin so embarrassed. But that goal still didn't win Seattle the game. Unlike what Cole Caulfield did in our 18th craziest play. Short side top shelf OT winner? I can see why Habs fans go crazy for this guy. But for real, that shot was perfect. The only goalie who would've had a chance at stopping that one is Aiden Hill. Cause he made one of the craziest saves I've ever seen in number 17. Did I see that right? Hill really just saved that with the heel of his back leg. Even McMahon had no other option but to accept his faith. And the craziest part about all this is that he made the same save again just a few games later. Hill's just built different I guess. I could make a whole nother video about just the crazy saves this dude's made. But the only guy peering on this list more times than Hill is Conor McDavid. Cause he made yet another ridiculous play in number 16. This time against his former goalie. See, when Stuart Skinner got traded to the Penguins and had to face off against his old team for the first time, McDavid went to give him a tap on the pads to show his appreciation for one last time. Before going absolutely ham on him. I mean, just look how depressed the guy looked. He already knew what was coming next. Ah, that's just way too much now. Doing your old teammate dirty like that? McDavid's definitely been waiting to do that for a while. And I've waited a long time to see Conor Bedard humiliate someone. Cause in number 15, he did just that. When he combined the nastiest steal of the season with one of the nastiest dekes I've ever seen. Steal, spin move and between the legs pass to himself all in the span of a second? I don't know where this kid pulls these moves from. Just like I don't know where this next player pulls his strength from. See, Pavel Dorofiev started game 5 of the second round with a bang. But not long after that, he caught a nasty slap shot to the side of his knee. The puck managed to hit Dorofiev on the only uncovered part of his knee, ending his night right then and there. Or so everyone thought. Cause when the game went into overtime, against the trainer's orders, Dorofiev forced himself back onto the ice. Just to do this. Coming back just to score the game winner? Now that's a statement. But somehow, in our 13th craziest moment, Mika Rantanen scored a goal even rarer. Scoring a goal like that in the last minutes of a tied game and acting like nothing happened? He even had Hellebuck looking like a toddler in the net. But Rantanen wasn't the only player putting his team on their back this year. See, with a minute left and down 1 in a must-win game against their biggest playoff rival, Macklin Celebrini had to take matters into his own hands. Yeah, Celebrini single-handedly forced the OT. But his job still wasn't finished. And the coach definitely noticed that. Cause he didn't let Celebrini off the ice for the whole remainder of the game. See, after having been on the ice for the whole entirety of the overtime, Macklin finally saw his chance. To steal the puck and win the skating race after being on the ice for over 3 minutes? Man, this kid really is something special. And so is the play in number 11, where Matt Duchesne straight-up bullied the whole Oilers roster. And doing all that while already blowing them out? Now that's just straight-up bullying. But none of the plays thus far compared to the plays we've got coming now that we've reached the top 10. Like the play that only happened because a player got sent to the hospital. See, in a game against the Flyers, Kyle Palmieri goes to fight for the puck in the corner. When… Palmieri noticed straight away something wasn't right. He couldn't move his left leg at all. The ACL on his left knee was completely torn apart. At that moment, Palmieri knew his season was over. But he refused to stay down and gathered all his strength to make one final play. Palmieri was in so much pain, he didn't even look back at the goal he just assisted. Just try to make his way through the tunnel into the locker room and get the leg prepped for surgery. Yet even assisting a goal on a torn ACL doesn't compare to the play at number 9. Because it helped make NHL history. See, with under 30 seconds left, and the Predators having an open lane to score an empty netter to seal the game, it looked like the Havs' winning streak would come to an end. Until guess who decided otherwise? With 19 seconds on the clock. And Lane Hudson too. Haven't seen a save like that in Montreal since Carey Price. Now, I guess 19 seconds still wasn't coming in close enough for Caulfield. Cause in overtime, he did the same thing again. This time, with 2 seconds left. Scoring two buzzer beaters in a single game is just ridiculous. But those goals not only won them the game, but also helped Caulfield make NHL history. See, that was one of the 12 game-winning goals Caulfield scored this season, tying him for 13th place in single-season game-winning goals scored by a player in NHL history. But even scoring in the last seconds twice ain't the craziest double play of the season. Cause that has to be number 8. Like the announcer said, you almost never see a save as good as that one. But I guess Vladar wanted to prove the announcer wrong right then and there. Cause just 9 minutes later, he made the same exact save again. He literally made the save of the year twice in a single period. I don't think we'll ever see that again. Saving 2 sure goals in the 3rd period just to watch your team throw it all away? I know dude was pissed. But that ain't even the worst thing a goalie's had to witness this year. Cause the Canucks goalie had to watch Mikko Rantanen turn into prime Patrick Kane. That really brings a tear to my eye. But Rantanen wasn't the only one scoring a Spinarama this season. Cause after McJeezus got a hold of that clip, of course he had to one-up Rantanen once again. Backhand Spinarama ankle breaker? I swear there's actually nothing this dude cannot do. But McDavid wasn't the only one toying with defenders this season. See, Tim Stutzel scored a goal so unbelievable, it got him compared to McJeezus himself. No wonder he got compared to Connor McDavid. I've never seen anyone, except him, move like that. But as beautiful as that play was, it still happened just in the first period. The play in number 4 happened in overtime with the game on the line. Who else but Willie Stiles, man. That's definitely one of the shiftiest moves I've seen. But Nylander wasn't the only Swedish player going crazy this season. Cause in number 3, Elias Pedersen did something historic. Did I see that right? He tipped the puck to himself from midair, did a 360, and scored while falling down. Only reason that play couldn't be any higher on the list is because Mitch Marner scored a goal so crazy, fans went as far as calling it the greatest playoff goal of all time. What did I just see? And I wasn't the only one shocked, cause fans literally named it the greatest playoff goal in NHL history. So naturally, it should be the play of the season too right? And yeah, it would be, if William Eklund hadn't pulled this off at number 1. What are they feeding these guys out there in Sweden? Probably the same stuff the goalies in this video are eating. Cause they made saves I didn't think were even possible. I know you wanna see them. So go ahead man, click it.