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Goal of the year candidate: TJ Oshie scores diving, one-handed tally after dangling past Mike Matheson

By Ian Oland

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February 25, 2021 9:16 pm

TJ Oshie just added some fine frames to his highlight reel.

Falling headlong towards Pittsburgh’s net, Oshie managed to pool-shot the puck into the net.

It had shades of The Goal.

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Early in the third period, Oshie dangled around Penguins defender Mike Matheson. Without a clean opportunity to check, Matheson spilled into Oshie. For a normal human, that’s the end of the play, but summoning arcane frat magicks, Oshie was able to get a one-handed touch on the puck — just enough to beat Pens goalie Tristan Jarry.

The Capitals called it “goal of the year” on Twitter.

They also split-screened Osh’s tally with Ovi’s famous marker.

Good lord. This replay.

That’s Oshie’s fifth goal of the season and the first to come at even strength. Oshie now has 13 points in 18 games this season.

He will never score a better goal.

RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Penguins

Screenshot courtesy of NBC Sports Washington

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