Friday, January 15, 2016

Lightning's Anton Stralman channels Sidney Crosby on spin-o-rama goal

FYI, a defenseman made this move.

It's one thing to be Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin. It's another to show them up with a move they both know well. Neither Crosby or Malkin were on the ice when Anton Stralman put down this beauty of a goal, but they probably knew exactly where the defenseman took it from.

By planting his left skate and spinning with his right, Stralman was able to get around the diving poke-check of Ben Lovejoy. Stralman's wobbly backhander got past goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to tie the game 4-4 for the Lightning just moments after the Penguins took the lead.

Teammate Vladislav Namestnikov finished his hat trick for the game winner in overtime to seal the win for the Lightning, but Stralman's gorgeous spin move to get Tampa Bay to the extra period will be talked about come Monday morning around the water cooler.

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