5. v. Ottawa Senators
Nazem Kadri banks the puck in off a defender's head pic.twitter.com/1wihsRTKxm
— Richard Lee-Sam (@RLeesam) February 19, 2017
Have you ever heard what a goal scorers goal is? It took me until I became super invested in the game to understand what that meant. If you don’t know what I’m talking about then just watch the clip above a few more times, you’ll start to understand.
Kadri isn’t known as a prolific goal scorer but, he’s willing to try and net the puck from anywhere. That’s what an example of a goal scorer’s goal is. A player doing anything within his power to score.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m not a fan of the ref cam but, this was the best I could do.
In this video, we see Kadri get to the loose puck from behind the net. Noticing that Ryan Dzingel’s on his knees and is blocking Craig Anderson from getting back to position, he just throws it towards the front of the net.
It hits Dzingel’s head and trickles in. I understand it’s a lucky goal. Nonetheless, it’s a goal. Most players wouldn’t have even dreamed of trying to score from that angle. I would even argue that it was intentional because an NHL player isn’t going to try and make a pass with the puck 2.5 feet in the air.
Smart play, good goal.