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A Game of Inches: Puck Bounces Wide of Braden Holtby’s Net (GIF)

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The second period of game six was intense. There were many dangerous scoring chances, including this shot by Mikhail Grabovski.

After Holtby makes the initial save with his chest, the rolling puck bounces up into air, hits the back of his helmet, and rolls towards the net. It goes wide by a couple of inches.

Caps Twitter lost their minds watching this live.

https://twitter.com/eastcoastkids/status/592065317339275264

There were two other chances that almost went by Holtby too. FLUBBER PUCK GO AWAY.

Holtby, who shook his head after the Grabovski chance, knew how fortunate he was.

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