An overtime goal.
The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired Artemi Panarin for tonight. Sure, he scored 82 points in 81 games and helped the team make the playoffs. But after an unceremonious exit at the hands of Pittsburgh last April, the Blue Jackets traded for the Russian winger in the hope that he’d push the Blue Jackets over the hump in the playoffs.
On Thursday night in Game One against the Washington Capitals, he delivered. Panarin tallied three points, the biggest coming at 6:02 of overtime. Ian Cole sold out to clear the puck out of the zone for a long lead pass to Panarin, who blew past Dmitry Orlov and tucked an otherwordly beautiful shot into the top right corner.