Ottawa Senators forward Kaspars Daugavins attempted one of the most creative shootout moves we have ever seen during Monday night's game versus the Boston Bruins, but he was unable to score and earn his team an extra point in the standings.
The decision to use this move in an important game will certainly be debated quite a bit over the next few days, but to score on a quality goaltender such as Tuukka Rask, it helps to be creative when coming up with a good shootout move.
To Daugavins' credit, the move was effective because he had Rask moving the wrong way, but the Boston goaltender was still able to make a phenomenal pad save. If Rask isn't 6'3", he probably doesn't make this save.
After the game, there were many different opinions on Daugavins' move. Senators head coach Paul MacLean was not upset with Daugavins' decision, while Bruins forward David Krejci, who scored the shootout winner, wasn't too impressed (via Ian Mendes of Sportsnet):
MacLean didn't have an issue with the shootout move from Daugavins. Called it entertaining and him just attempting to score.
— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) March 12, 2013
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Kaspars Daugavins Video: Watch Senators Forward Attempt Creative Shootout Move
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