5. v. San Jose Sharks
Are you not entertained? I am. Let’s take a closer look at this one. The puck is directed on the net and gets deflected up and over Andersen. He stands to attention and reaches out with the intention of catching it in his glove. It ends up that he just knocks it out of harm’s way, which works too.
I can imagine my good buddy, Luke Hendriks saying, ” he just gave it a poke, eh?” He wouldn’t have been wrong. Andersen did just give it a poke.
It looks like the puck would’ve gone past the net even if he didn’t hit it away. But, it’s what happens after that makes it a decent save sequence.
The puck lands right in front of Chris Tierney who spins and fires it on the net. Andersen’s on his back when the puck hits his leg. He adjusts his positioning from his back to his knees. Meanwhile, Mikkel Boedker has been circling the net like a shark circles dinner. *Pause and reflect.*
He grabs the loose puck and tries to tuck it in around the post. Andersen gathers it and makes the save. A pretty nerve-racking sequence of events. If it weren’t for him reaching out, falling over and still managing to make the save, another would sit at this spot.