Thursday night was a special evening for the Nashville Predators.
After going 1-7 in prior tiebreakers, the team won its first penalty shootout of the season and took one on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The moment that reverberated, however, was the diving heroics of Carter Hutton. The 28-year-old Canadian managed a wild, lunging save in the second period that prevented what appeared to be a certain Flyers goal.
Hutton attempted to clear out a Flyers dump-off but ended up in an awful position when the puck took a strange bounce. Flyers winger Michael Raffl scooped up the loose puck and took a gimme shot on an empty net.
Miraculously, Hutton was able to dive around the open goal and make a miraculous glove save. Speaking with members of the media after the game, Predators defenseman Roman Josi said he was astounded by Hutton's athletic save.
"That was sick," Josi said, per ESPN. "That's going to be on the highlight reel for a long time. He was more of a soccer goalie on that save."
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