Watch Craig Smith deny Craig Smith OT winner vs. Habs (Video)
The Nashville Predators beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 after a shootout Monday night, but the game could have ended in overtime had it not been for Craig Smith’s stick.
Smith and Ribeiro took advantage of a P.K, Subban turnover and entered the Canadiens zone on a 2-on-1. Smith passed to Ribeiro, who then fed Smith the puck as he was right on the doorstep. As he one-timed his shot, his follow through ended up blocking it, costing the Predators an overtime winner.
Smith has a history with open nets that isn’t pretty…
Smith on his OT miss: “It’s kind of funny now, but it wasn’t funny at the time.”
— Adam Vingan (@AdamVingan) February 23, 2016
Fortunately for Smith he had a shot at redemption. With neither team having scored in the shootout, and Montreal missing their chance in the third round, the Predators had a shot to win the game, and Smith buried his opportunity.
Smith makes up for it with the shootout winner pic.twitter.com/8ziHH1vwvi
— Stephanie (@myregularface) February 23, 2016
The win helped the Predators set a franchise record with points in eight straight road games. It’ll alsol help Smith get some sleep tonight.
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