The decisive goal in the Penguins' 3-2 win over the Flyers in Game 5 Monday night at PPG Paints Arena might have been their weirdest all season.
Kris Letang was just trying to get the puck to the net, sending it just to the top of the boards behind Dan Vladar's net. The puck bounced into the crease and landed under Vladar, who had no idea where the puck had settled. He slid back toward the center of the net, inadvertently putting it in the net himself:
"I can't believe that one goes in," Letang said. "I just tried to put it there, it took a crazy bounce. Sometimes you create your own luck."
Vladar called it an "unfortunate bounce" to reporters afterward, but still took responsibility.
"You can always do something better, every single goal," Vladar said. "It doesn't matter if it's a bounce off the boards, or it's a 2-on-0 breakaway. You can always do something a little bit better. They just got that bounce, and they were the happier team today."
Doesn't matter how you score them, they don't have to be pretty. They all count just the same.
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Letang: 'You create your own luck'
The decisive goal in the Penguins' 3-2 win over the Flyers in Game 5 Monday night at PPG Paints Arena might have been their weirdest all season.
Kris Letang was just trying to get the puck to the net, sending it just to the top of the boards behind Dan Vladar's net. The puck bounced into the crease and landed under Vladar, who had no idea where the puck had settled. He slid back toward the center of the net, inadvertently putting it in the net himself:
"I can't believe that one goes in," Letang said. "I just tried to put it there, it took a crazy bounce. Sometimes you create your own luck."
Vladar called it an "unfortunate bounce" to reporters afterward, but still took responsibility.
"You can always do something better, every single goal," Vladar said. "It doesn't matter if it's a bounce off the boards, or it's a 2-on-0 breakaway. You can always do something a little bit better. They just got that bounce, and they were the happier team today."
Doesn't matter how you score them, they don't have to be pretty. They all count just the same.
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