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Bruins’ goalie Linus Ullmark becomes 8th netminder in NHL history to score goal on own shot
Everybody on the Boston Bruins can rating – actually.
The Bruins have been a special beast all 12 months – their 95 factors are by far one of the best mark within the league, and just one crew (the Edmonton Oilers) have scored extra targets than all of them 12 months.
However now, they’ve one other technique to tack on targets: Their very own netminders.
With the Vancouver Canucks’ web empty, Linus Ullmark dealt with the puck and pulled the set off from the other facet of the ice when Boston was main 2-1 within the last minute of regulation.
Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins scores a goalie objective on a pulled web in the course of the last seconds of their NHL sport in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Area February 25, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Boston Bruins win 3-1. (Jeff Vinnick/NHLI by way of Getty Photos)
He lobbed it over everybody’s head, and it slid all the way in which into the empty web to present the Bruins a two-goal lead.
13 goalies have now been credited with 16 targets in NHL historical past; nonetheless, it was simply the ninth time a goalie scored on his personal shot. The opposite seven situations got here on personal targets, normally by way of errant passes with an empty web the place mentioned goalie was the final participant on the scoring crew to the touch the puck.
Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins scores a goalie objective on a pulled web in the course of the last seconds of their NHL sport in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Area February 25, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Boston Bruins win 3-1. (Jeff Vinnick/NHLI by way of Getty Photos)
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New Jersey Devils legend Martin Brodeur discovered the online thrice in his profession, though just one them on his personal shot, whereas Ron Hextall did it twice – each on direct pictures – with the Philadelphia Flyers. He is the one goalie to attain a number of targets by way of his personal shot.
It is the primary objective scored by a goalie since Pekka Rinne did it for the Nashville Predators on Jan. 9, 2020, who too did it on a direct shot.
Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins scores a goalie objective on a pulled web in the course of the last seconds of their NHL sport in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Area February 25, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Boston Bruins win 3-1. (Jeff Vinnick/NHLI by way of Getty Photos)
With the victory, the Bruins moved to 45-8-5.