“I Don’t Know What We Just Saw There!” | NHL Week 17 Best Saves

Week 17 provided an extraordinary run of handwear cover break-ins, despair stops, and save-of-the-year prospects as NHL goaltenders put on a program heading right into the Olympic break.

Philadelphia’s Dan Vladar was incredible, flashing the handwear cover two times versus Columbus to rob Adam Fantilli and Boone Jenner, then later on sprawling again to shut out a drifting opportunity versus Washington. Colorado’s MacKenzie Blackwood denied Brady Tkachuk with a full-extension glove, while Seattle’s Joey Daccord revealed fantastic effort battling with a rebound chance against Toronto.

Dallas netminder Jake Oettinger stayed person in the shootout against fellow USA Olympic colleague Jack Eichel, then later returned with a big overtime breakaway stop on Mark Scheifele. Ilya Sorokin, Linus Ullmark, and Sergei Bobrovsky all joined the glove-save celebration with clean break-ins on Michael Bunting, Dougie Hamilton, and Kyle Connor.

In Los Angeles, Anton Forsberg made a dandy glove conserve on Taylor Hall, while defenseman Drew Doughty added a scorpion-like skate save in the very same video game. Toronto’s Joseph Woll got to back with the stay with deny a wild Calgary carom, and Anthony Stolarz tossed his body across to quit Leon Draisaitl in a rivalry competition.

Andrei Vasilevskiy dove back to close down a Buffalo wraparound, Brandon Bussi supplied a set of jaw-dropping Ottawa denials, and Kevin Lankinen sprawled out to quit a Vegas 2-on-1. In Vegas, Akira Schmid made an unlikely diving glove quit on P.O. Joseph, while Calgary’s Devin Cooley stunned the group by quiting Connor McDavid without a skate blade.

The week shut with Logan Thompson burglarizing Jonathan Marchessault on a 2-on-0, one of one of the most amazing saves of the season.

Which save gets your ballot as the best of Week 17?

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