Week 17 delivered an incredible run of glove robberies, desperation stops, and save-of-the-year candidates as NHL goaltenders put on a show heading into the Olympic break.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia\u2019s Dan Vladar was spectacular, flashing the glove twice against Columbus to rob Adam Fantilli and Boone Jenner, then later sprawling again to keep out a floating chance against Washington. Colorado\u2019s MacKenzie Blackwood denied Brady Tkachuk with a full-extension glove, while Seattle\u2019s Joey Daccord showed great effort battling through a rebound chance against Toronto.<\/p>\n
Dallas netminder Jake Oettinger stayed patient in the shootout against fellow USA Olympic teammate Jack Eichel, then later returned with a huge overtime breakaway stop on Mark Scheifele. Ilya Sorokin, Linus Ullmark, and Sergei Bobrovsky all joined the glove-save party with clean robberies on Michael Bunting, Dougie Hamilton, and Kyle Connor.<\/p>\n
In Los Angeles, Anton Forsberg made a dandy glove save on Taylor Hall, while defenseman Drew Doughty added a scorpion-like skate save in the same game. Toronto\u2019s Joseph Woll reached back with the stick to deny a wild Calgary carom, and Anthony Stolarz threw his body across to stop Leon Draisaitl in a rivalry matchup.<\/p>\n
Andrei Vasilevskiy dove back to shut down a Buffalo wraparound, Brandon Bussi delivered a pair of jaw-dropping Ottawa denials, and Kevin Lankinen sprawled out to stop a Vegas 2-on-1. In Vegas, Akira Schmid made an improbable diving glove stop on P.O. Joseph, while Calgary\u2019s Devin Cooley stunned the crowd by stopping Connor McDavid without a skate blade.<\/p>\n
The week closed with Logan Thompson robbing Jonathan Marchessault on a 2-on-0, one of the most phenomenal saves of the season.<\/p>\n
Which save gets your vote as the best of Week 17?<\/p>\n
#NHL #SavesOfTheWeek #NHLHighlights #Goaltending #Hockey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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