In the moment, kept the game tied. By night91裸聊视频檚 end, it became a game-saver since Florida went on to prevail in overtime.

And the way Panthers coach Paul Maurice sees it, the impact from on Tuesday night will only continue 91裸聊视频� with a reach beyond these NHL playoffs and this series between Florida and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

It won a game. It may grow the game, too.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檒l be a number of kids in the driveway this weekend and they91裸聊视频檒l all want to play goal for the first time,91裸聊视频� Maurice said. 91裸聊视频淔or me, that91裸聊视频檚 how it happens. They see something kind of magical and have to go and try it, right? You get five kids and there91裸聊视频檒l be a street hockey game going somewhere, everybody91裸聊视频檚 going to want to be Bobrovsky, they91裸聊视频檒l be flipping around the net, trying to do the spin-o-rama kick saves.91裸聊视频�

Memo to those kids: Good luck.

The hyperbole kept coming Wednesday: some were calling it, a play on Bobrovsky91裸聊视频檚 last name and obvious nickname 91裸聊视频� Bob. Save of the playoffs, others said. Save of the year, save of all-time, you get the idea. It was that good, so good that even the Lightning had to tip their collective caps out of respect.

91裸聊视频淗ell of a save,91裸聊视频� Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said.

There have been something like 4 million saves in NHL history, and Bobrovsky is responsible for 20,681 of them. There91裸聊视频檚 no definitive ranking of them all, of course, but in this moment anyway, Bobrovsky91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渉ow-did-he-do-that?91裸聊视频� play stands alone.

91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 the best save I91裸聊视频檝e ever seen in my life,91裸聊视频� Florida91裸聊视频檚 Vladimir Tarasenko said Wednesday. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 amazing. I don91裸聊视频檛 know what else to say.91裸聊视频�

Even retired football star took notice. 91裸聊视频淲hat a damn save,91裸聊视频� he wrote on social media.

Bobrovsky made the save like this: He was facing left, looking at Stamkos, who had the puck relatively close to the net. Stamkos saw tons of clear ice on the other side of the slot and sent the puck into unoccupied space, where Lightning defenseman Matt Dumba tapped a backhander from maybe 10 feet away toward what was a wide-open net.

Key word: Was. Bobrovsky 91裸聊视频� out of 91裸聊视频渄esperation,91裸聊视频� he91裸聊视频檇 say later 91裸聊视频� dove backward across the goal mouth, reached out blindly with his left wrist and somehow got his glove side in the way of Dumba91裸聊视频檚 shot to keep the game tied at 2-2. It wound up being a game-saver; the Panthers got a goal from for a

91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 a lifetime of working your (butt) off, the ability to know where your body is so that mentally you wouldn91裸聊视频檛 quit on that play, that you would think you still have a chance to stop that puck,91裸聊视频� Maurice said.

Panthers forward Anton Lundell was far more succinct: 91裸聊视频淧retty sick,91裸聊视频� he said.

That was 91裸聊视频渟ick91裸聊视频� in the good sense. The Lightning probably just felt sick in the conventional sense 91裸聊视频� especially since their goalie, Andrei Vasilevskiy, was basically a brick wall for most of the evening as well. Vasilevskiy didn91裸聊视频檛 have the flying, flailing save like Bobrovsky, but he stoned Florida91裸聊视频檚 offense for the entirety of the second and third periods to give the Lightning a chance.

Florida leads the series 2-0; Game 3 is in Tampa on Thursday.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been unbelievable goaltending. I think that91裸聊视频檚 been the highlight of the entire series, back and forth,91裸聊视频� Lightning forward Brandon Hagel said Wednesday. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e obviously got Vasi; as we say, the best goaltender in the league, and they91裸聊视频檝e got a really good goaltender over there. It91裸聊视频檚 going to be tough to get pucks by him and it91裸聊视频檚 going to be tough to get pucks by our goalie as well. Hopefully we can just maybe try to get one more past them than they do us.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 rare that teams will praise the other side during a series; that91裸聊视频檚 often reserved for when it91裸聊视频檚 over and the traditional handshakes have happened. But the Lightning lauded Bobrovsky after what he did Tuesday, and in turn, the Panthers raved about Vasilevskiy as well.

91裸聊视频淏oth goalies were so good in that game,91裸聊视频� Maurice said. 91裸聊视频淎nd the ones that didn91裸聊视频檛 look like much might be the best saves, given the amount of work that you had to be tactically right on time when you got there. Some outstanding saves.91裸聊视频�

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