Hockey games aren’t always won on slick offensive moves or acrobatic goaltender saves. It isn’t about style points.
Sometimes, it’s a player gritting his teeth and stepping in the way of a heavy slapshot.
Then, doing it again.
Joakim Nordstrom did that Sunday for the Carolina Hurricanes, blocking back-to-back shots in overtime by the Nashville Predators’ P.K. Subban. It allowed the Canes to kill off a penalty against Jordan Staal and the Preds’ four-on-three power play, and allowed them to escape overtime and eventually win 4-3 in a shootout at PNC Arena.