The culprit was Isles netminder Ilya Sorokin, who was down and out on a scoring attempt midway through the 1st period, leaving a wide open cage for Leafs defenseman Erik Gustafsson. However, an elite second effort to get across dropped just about everyone's jaw. Take a look below.
Sorokin is one of the absolute best goaltenders in the NHL, so I suppose we shouldn't be too surprised to see him make a 10-bell save like this one. It's just unfortunate, because Gustafsson absolutely thought he had buried his first as a Leaf and just his 2nd point in his 6 games since coming over from Washington in the Sandin deal.
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21 MARS | 191 ANSWERS Ilya Sorokin makes save of the year; of course, it was against the Leafs Was this save by Ilya Sorokin on Erik Gustafsson the save of the year? | ||
Yes, oh my God that was disgusting.. | 52 | 27.2 % |
No, there have been better | 43 | 22.5 % |
No, but it's top 3 for sure | 96 | 50.3 % |
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