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Everyone on the Boston Bruins can score - literally.
The Bruins have been a different beast all year - their 95 points are by far the best mark in the league, and only one team (the Edmonton Oilers) have scored more goals than them all year.
But now, they have another way to tack on goals: Their own netminders.
With the Vancouver Canucks' net empty, Linus Ullmark handled the puck and pulled the trigger from the opposite side of the ice when Boston was leading 2-1 in the final minute of regulation.
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Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins scores a goalie goal on a pulled net during the final seconds of their NHL game against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena February 25, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Boston Bruins win 3-1. (Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
He lobbed it over everyone's head, and it slid all the way into the empty net to give the Bruins a two-goal lead.
Thirteen goalies have now been credited with 16 goals in NHL history; however, it was just the ninth time a goalie scored on his own shot. The other seven instances came on own goals, usually via errant passes with an empty net where said goalie was the last player on the scoring team to touch the puck.
Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins scores a goalie goal on a pulled net during the final seconds of their NHL game against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena February 25, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Boston Bruins win 3-1. (Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
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