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Hockey can be a super random sport sometimes. This is one of those moments.

Late in the first period, Matt Niskanen released a slapshot from the point. The puck deflected off Mike Green’s armpit, forcing Green to duck. The redirected puck made a bee line for goaltender Petr Mrazek’s head. Mrazek ducked too, and then the puck deflected off the middle of the cross bar.

So yeah. This is crazy.

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