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ANOTHER GOALIE GOAL



Ilya Sorokin gets his first goalie goal as the Islanders beat the lowly looowwwwwly Nashville Predators 7-4 Saturday afternoon. Aaand he then proceded to chrip my boy Igor lmao That and more in today’s NHL hockey video!

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  1. Nashville i feel bad for them. But Stamkos man. He doesnt sit right in any sweater other than the Bolts. Leaving Tampa backfired for him 🙁

  2. Julien Brisebois ruined Stamkos life. He lost his home, his team, now his career. Guys reeling for sure. Hockey is a business sure… But it was a sport that showed it's players respect

  3. Nashville isn't a disappointment, that's exactly what happens to every team that just tries to cram all the star players onto one team that they can. It never works

  4. This is the eighth goalie goal from an own goal where the goalie was last to touch it ( and possibly the first CORRECTION: the second that wasn't on a delayed penalty, Cam Ward got credited on the first such own goal to a goalie so extra shout out to Sorokin for that if so ). I believe the number on direct shots is around 12. (EDIT: Confirmed.)

    In fact, between the Mike Smith goal (October 19, 2013) and the Pekka Rinne goal (January 9, 2020), the two types were as common as each other (7 apiece), and in the much shorter time span between Martin Brodeur's 3rd goal (March 21, 2013, the last own goal goalie goal until this game, and the only goal of either type scored with the opposing goalie still on the ice, although Dan Ellis was on his way to the bench when Jordan Staal messed up and sent it towards his own net.) and Smith's goal, there were more own goals given to goalies than goalie shots. (For perspective, Brodeur only has one goal off a direct shot, his other two are own goals by his opponents. Only Ron Hextall has sunk two direct shots in his career, keeping up mind that this stat lumps playoffs and regular season goals together because of the sheer rarity of goalscoring goalies, especially before this season.)

    One last stat, since I mentioned playoffs: only Brodeur and Hextall have scored in the postseason, both off direct shots. It hasn't been seen in the postseason since Brodeur's first goal on April 17, 1997. However, since this is the first season where more than one goalie scored a goal, and since a 12 year drought of own goal goalie goals was just snapped by Sorokin, could this also be the year some goalie gets one in the playoffs, too?

  5. Hold your head up high guys. Thinking back few years with the oilers we had some years of stinking after drafting McD and Dri. The path is up, keep working hard, it will happen.

  6. Joey Daccord was robbed the same night because legendary giraffe Tyler Myers just HAD to make a good play.

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