Goal-Saving Plays But They Keep Getting Better | NHL 2025-26

Misson's better than 70% of the playoffs. Lofton, Stanko, Mendoza. The key should've drive from the corner. Hall tried to throw it on net. The Vegas Golden Knights win game one in dramatic fashion. You see the early celebration was for Mitch Marner there. That one-timer was executed perfectly. Gaustus Bair. Jarvis triggers. Loose. Goudard. A Gaustus Bair would not go. Somehow, that stayed out. The puck is going to be saved by Travis Sanheim. Watch Sanheim. Number six. The puck goes through his feet. And Sanheim standing in the goal crease, and he's able to swat it away. This puck's deflected. It hits the arm of Svechnikov. Look at Sanheim. He finds it. Provide any kind of support. There's a two-on-one for Edmondson. McDavid, and that's off of Lacombe back behind that. Jackson Lacombe with the defense against Connor McDavid, and that reverse sweep check by him prevents that pass from getting across. What a great play by Lacombe. Cross ice to Jack. Jack gets back out to Pratt, and this doesn't go. He thought he scored. It looked like there was deflection. Oh, my. Oh, wow. Dobson does an unbelievable job after almost deflecting it in. Oh, how he keeps that puck out. Spinning chance and a kickaway save by Anderson. Then he uses the pass on Wilson. Then Ovechkin is denied. Watch Stahl. Oh, what a play. Would have been number 901. This is captain on captain. Fowler shoots. Stopped. Rebound. Oh, what a save by Dustin Wolfe. Could be a game-saver, and he gets a little help from his friends after the fact. My goodness. The best from Dustin Wolfe today. This is crazy stuff. There's the first stick save from Wolfe, and Hanley gets down. There's the second save, third save. McDomie in front for Matthews. Backhanded. That was slowed up, but he... Marilyna time to come across. Between the legs, almost there. Shabbat with the big save. He'll be kept in on a long drive. Side of the net. Otto will get it back. A shot right on by Spence. Pinto trickleback and saving a goal is Logan Stankovic. That's a low centerman for you. Doing it all is number 22 for Carolina. Oh, that's heady. That's awareness, and that is a huge play for Logan Stankovic. I mean, what a play. He's boxing out, even though Pinto, a centerman, is drifting behind the net. This shot here comes to the net, and as it's trickling through into the net, Stankovic, who was an offensive star in game one, does a great defensive play. Got it through. Shot to the net. Oh, that shot was blocked. Oh, my gosh. Kaiser, what a glove stop. Opened the palm of his glove. There is no padding. There's no padding. Russ unable to keep the handle. Then it's the steal. Russ, big save by Corpozella. And then the puck out in front. Touch there, and Shari can't get a piece of it. Now he holds on and tries to wrap. Looking for an opportunity to cross. Coz it's Shilov's. What a great chance, and Shilov, at the last second, battles to get back on that. And then Halliday tries to take it from forehand to back, and he's got a wide-open net, but it's bouncing, and Chris Letang, at the last second, goes stick on puck. Rebound. Shively turns and fires. That's caught up. He got it again and put it on goal. And it's on the line and didn't cross. The ref was right there and waved it off. Jonas Brodine with the backhand swipe. Oh, my goodness, how will this play? He gets just a piece of the puck to stop it from going over. One little touch right there, and then it was the second swat that cleared it. Vanier. There's a hard drive on goal. Swept away by Sanderson. Allmark got some of it. Sanderson got the rest. Jake Sanderson with some great work, especially on the penalty kill. Puck is gonna get through Linus Allmark with the one-timer. Drags that off the line, and Jordan Eberle had a wide-open net. On a stick there. Shot from nine. Right on the goal line and turned away by Jake Evans. Oh, Evans saved it in there as that one snuck through. And that one could have been 2-0 Utah if not for a stick by Evans right there. Like his team early. Hensel, possession. It was a goal-saving play. Here's Hensel with a drive. Loose puck and Hildeby has to make a double save. They pull it off the goal. Goes back out to Jack Hughes. Holstrom with a shot. Scramble for possession. Bostrom makes the original save. What a sequence. We don't have Siegenthaler come across and help his goaltender out, Markstrom, after he made a great save to the slot, but Siegenthaler saves the day. Second of the league during the regular season. Into the slot. Korofiak flies it across for Barbarich. And Ramapha won a scramble in front. For that time, Ehlers turns. Oh, and he sent that through. That's stopped by DiMello. That was headed for the net, and he volleyed that away. Ehlers trying to score. Comrie got a bit. DiMello got the rest. DiMello makes a great play. Pass in front, but Brodsky made the save. It's Moose at the net, and the backhand. It was saved, the goal, and now Bobrovsky's got it. Nico Mikala just saved the goal right here. Goes back in. By Nico Mikala. Look out, hit, save, and it's Anderson. Here comes Hartman back in. Hartman driving the net. Kemper made the save, and it was swept away. Hartman spun around by CeCe. Contact. The defensive goal. Trouble here. Stolen by Savoy, and a Mukhamadullin playing goaltender with Askerov down and out. Shakir Mukhamadullin with a huge block save right there. Askerov is thanking his buddy Mukhamadullin because he gets caught out of the net. Mukhamadullin, kick-saving a beauty. The stew waves at it. Carolina can't clear Hagel. Kuchel, what a save, Mr. Anderson. Rebound and close, and it stays out. Walker, Sean Walker puts the body in front. Anderson was in desperation mode. Kucharov, one-on-one with Anderson. Great save, and then watch Walker. Oh, my gosh, he reacted to that with the right skate. Located the puck. That's a kick-saving a beauty. Slugoski back to work. Good steal. Caulfield, gonna be outside of the net. He's got a chance. Suzuki, oh, what a save. Saved a goal. Peek with the save of the game. And the bear hug from Swayven. How did it stay out? Are you kidding me? That is incredible. Nice hands by Caulfield to draw Swayven out. Nick Suzuki's got all kinds of time, but he can't beat the defenseman. Mayhem in front of the Boston net. He's the point in every game, and here they come two-on-one. Taylor Hall! What a break. Watch Tuba. He just swings around. He gets a little piece of that with the stick, and he saves a certain goal. Wonderful play by him. It's a big break for the Ducks. So, again, just missed. Rebound. Fowler, oh, what a stop, and again on Crosby. Unbelievable. As Pittsburgh continues to press, and it looks like that's actually Lane Hudson who gets this with his left hand. Wow. Playing street hockey goalie. Forsberg, a shot. Rebound, popped up in the air. Doesn't go in. Somehow they keep it out. Lyon just swiped with the blocker, got a piece of it, slowed it down, and that covers it up with the glove. Sick effort there, but a nice awareness by Alex Lyon finding that pocket. And it starts this. Letang shoots. Off nose leakage. Stays out. How? Shot by Letang off. She loves glove, and gets saved again on the goal line. It just suspended in time, but enough time for Columbus to get back and clear that as Proveroff gets in there to save the day. My goodness. Snuggeroo for Robert Thomas for Holloway. Morrissey, what a play. Beautiful play from Holloway to tuck that. Morrissey was on top of it the entire way. Heck of a save. This is a great little entry for the top line for the Blues. How about that nifty little tuck from Holloway? Josh Morrissey says, get that out of here. That's a beautiful save from Morrissey. Ask Curtis Lazar back in the line to the net with a backhander and denied by Forsberg. Drive from Nurse. Drop behind. Forsberg somehow stayed out. It was going in. Dubulin and CeCe sprawling to help keep that puck out. If it does not get touched by CeCe, that's it. Puck rolling toward the net, and a diving Cody CeCe fully extended to keep it out. Out of the box, here is Hathaway on a breakaway. Hathaway had it poked away on the desperation play by Miller. What a great recovery for Miller to get back and sweep that away without taking a penalty. Swings for Farner. That was for Eichel. That's going to miss shot. Incredible effort there by Noah Hannafin. Rescues it. Prevents the empty net goal from coming in. Unreal sequence here. Here goes Cutter Gauthier, 40-goal man, three assists in this game. He's on his horse, and even better than that is the defensive play by Hannafin. Watch how Hannafin times this. Perfect. No penalty. Laying out max effort, big-time defensive play, and that is a yeoman's effort there by Noah Hannafin. Was able to dump the puck deep. Tarasenko with a steal behind the net. Wrap-around try. It's loose. Into the blue paint. Nichushkin tries to clean it up. A shot by McCarron. Blocked in front. He tries again. Another sliding block by Eshaan. The turnover behind the net. Manson fans on it. Tarasenko takes it there, and then all hell breaks loose. It's a scramble in front, and it's pure desperation. Eshaan with two huge blocks before they can clear the crease. With a while, could have gone up one. What a sequence of events. Great desperation by the abs in front to keep this game tied. Nikishin lets it go. Pucked out there by Thompson. Rebounds choice in front. Martin has got it. Still, they play on, and finally, with the referee Skilleter looking down through the meshing, he blows the whistle. Connor McMichael saving the day. That's his stick right there. That's beneath the leg of Thompson first. Comes through. Pailin. Go, Jay! Save! Rebound! Fights it off. It's going over the goal line. I believe it's Victor Olofsson with the stick at the last second. It is for sure going in the net, and Olofsson saves a goal. We'll call him Victor No-Goal-Ofsson for this one. Keller with a touch. Marino moves it over. Mikhail Sergej have shot. Rebound great play by Truba. He got a stick on that. It was a yawning net for Keller, but he kept it out. Remember that. My goodness. What a play by Truba. Truba just spins. I don't even know if he knew exactly where that puck was. He just spun around, got his stick blade in the right spot, and saved a sure-fire goal. Team 33, top of the goal. Sets it off across. Oh, is it blocked in front? Coghlan did a heck of a job getting in that lane. Saved his goaltender there. Just a great shot that creates a rebound right there, and Coghlan knocks it out of harm's way. Another BC boy from Duncan, who got a big tap on the back from his goaltender after that last stop. Marton cycles, and bump between his legs. Marton on the backhand. Good-looking chance. Kristalina drags one towards goal and stays out. Out of that, not goal. That great chance. Look at this. Jen just gets through that blocker arm. Oh, my goodness. On the goal line. Slavin. Slavin, who saves the goal just before the puck crosses the line. Numbers for the Golden Knights. Polisar, look at it. Incredible sequence, big saves, and a big defensive play for the Ducks as well there. Great save by Kristal. How about the defensive play by Cutter Gauthier? If you're a fan watching at home, get up off the couch and give him a round of applause. Great effort. 5-4 Carolina. And out of the corner, smacks the cop. Dumped. Draws a penalty. Still loose. Miller cross. Blocked up. They have saved a goal. When you get beat out of the corner like this, get boxed out in front by Carrier, but Gouldy gets underneath, gets the penalty, and how about by Carrier on the other side? Dobish did a nice job of adjusting as Svechnikov couldn't get it around but kept the puck in play. One block right there by Carrier as Dobish, in desperation, tries to get there. Out for Susi. It gets past him. Glick will come out to the circle. Puck then deflected by Cade, who is unable to get it through. How did that not go in? I have no idea how that didn't go in. What an effort from Braden Schneider. Kane able to knock it down. Kane's got an empty net. Oh, and he couldn't bury it. Boy, the crowd buzzing. Kane doesn't miss many of those. Still there. Matthews tied up. Backs W for the win. Missed the target. Matthews and it's Worsey with a sprawling play. Kossiev, the game. Oh, my. What a play by Josh Worsey. You had 44 and 55 just diving to the side of the net to try to get a piece of it. Shifley was able to get this one. You had Worsey and Shifley. Look at the kick save and a beauty. That game would have been over. Here's a great pass. Kossiev. Berensky in, and it stays out. Wow. Oh, boy, that was so close. And then Benoit, that's what Berensky wanted. The hand of Benoit. Watch the left hand just grabbing. Primo gets a piece of it off the skates, off the post, and then he just gets it with that left glove and pulls it out. The official was right there. I don't think he put his hand on top of it. Just pulled it out. Get it ahead. Belorsky, what a back. Two on one. Fowler shooting. Rebound, and right at the point. This one was awfully close. That's a hitter that gets in behind to save the day. Yeah, you bet. It's going to bounce past him. It's going to go, go, go, and Nina Ryder keeps it out. What a play. Femmes trying to take advantage of it, and by Susi. Carson Susi got down with the skate. That was a sure thing, and Carson Susi with the save of the game. New shield on to the point. Stopped by Cooley off the head of it, Ben. Carter searching for it. Lots of flames there. Blocker stopped Cooley. It's down behind him, but not in the net. Somehow rattled. Couldn't tap it in. That was close. Off the goal line and behind Cooley. Devin Cooley, very acrobatic. Couldn't control that rebound. Gets himself in trouble by not controlling the rebound, and here he's got the scorpion going and a little bit of breast stroke. Lots of help. Spence works it across. Re-shot. Rebound across. Jab drop, and it's played out on the crease. As this puck is going in the net, oh, my goodness. And Ridley Gregg right there with a wide open net. Puck on the goal line, and it gets dug out. Montreal keeps it out somehow. Gets out in front. Busse makes a save, and then a block. Jacob Slavin keeps it out. What a sequence for Carolina defensively. Welcome back, Jacob Slavin. Huge attacking save from Busse on the first one, and then it's the leg of Jacob Slavin back in the lineup doing vintage Jacob Slavin things. Pass. Martinet got it to Stahl, and Olaf David Kemp just saved a goal. Was swatted towards the net by Stahl. I think out of the air, and Kemp pulled it off the line. It looked like that. Behind the back. Shot ramps up. Blocker. It's going to go in. Bunted and saved off the line. Sent around by Jackeye. Here's Raddish to the net. That's a cut, and back to the net. We get a chance to admire the defensive work of Philip Deneau. One of the rare times it was dovish that he didn't really know where this puck was. The one thing you'll say as a defensive-minded centerman, always get back to the front of the net. Goes through the five-hole, going into the wide-open net, and it's number 24, right place at the right time, and makes a heck of a play. His shot blocked. Crystal line in. Wide. It'll be icing, but a jump here for Tippett, and a diving break up by Schaefer. He takes the goal off the board for the moment. Boy, he never gave up on that puck, even when it looked like he had no chance to stop it. Right-wing feed has Crosby. Crosby holds. Cuts. Fires. It's into traffic, and it hit the goal line. Did it get in? That puck came very close to going in, and if it was kept out, it was because of Christian Dvorak. That was crazy. A shot with traffic here by Crosby. Going to the net. You never know what's going to happen. There's the puck. Just stands right there. It goes off his skate, I believe, and it goes across the goal line. Dvorak saw it, yeah. Needless to say, wow. That is a great play by Christian Dvorak. He saw it all the way, got his skate on it just as he was getting to the goal line. Made a little goaltender in ball hockey on the street, I think. He does a heck of a job here. He doesn't commit early, and then the desperation dive. Just so typical of Brandon Hagel. Everything he's got all the time. Pure desperation. You got to love the guy. Aho's going to track it down. Aho in on Forsbrick. What a save! Forsbrick. He mishandles the puck. Second chance. Fetch the cup. Aho. Somehow it stays out. I think it got kicked by Doughty. Let's appreciate Drew Doughty. Wow. And now the old head pat. Anton saying, hey, Drew, thanks for bailing me out. Empty net. Marcia Stowe's got a chance and a good save at block. Stretched up to Caulfield. Caulfield. Cutting in. Rishon. Score! He did it again! Cole. Caulfield. Lane Hudson with the save of the night, and then Caulfield. 2-2 tie. What a save, Lane Hudson. Are you kidding me? Here's an empty net chance and a stick for Meyer. And then Pettersson. Kick save and a beauty. Went to his knees on the goal line to keep it out. Pettersson. Butterfly stop. Kick out the right leg. This game should be over, but it's not. Theodore. Back the other way. Osterling an empty net bid again, and a diving save by Marner. Oh, and it's saved by Marner! That was going in, and Mitch Marner with a great stop. Dillard kept it onside. Dickinson down for Eklund in tight. Rebound off the goal post! Needs a little tip. Oh, no! Cross is saved to goal! What a flurry for San Jose, and Simone Benoit dove across and took away a sure goal. Wide open net. That one's off the post. That's okay. Eklund's got to sweep it in. Totally empty net. Benoit comes flying across. Oh! The late dive with the blade. Nightmare fuel for William Eklund. Handle following up is Hagel. Hagel to the net. Oh, and a save by Pasternak, and the game stays alive. And Hagel cannot believe it. Even made some moves. He's nothing, though. He's playing at such a high level, too. He's got points. 24 of his last 27. Sliding for Markstrom, and the Pucks stayed out. Wow. I can't believe this play by Siegenthaler. It's a two-patch stack! Siegenthaler with a two-patch stack! Are you kidding me? What a play! Incredible. Mark that play. That's absolutely sensational.