That's not often said of the goal scorer, but his game winner Thursday was probably the oddest of his career. It was more like a random shot in a pickup street hockey game: Chasing the play behind the Detroit Red Wings' net, Kopitar got the shaft of his stick on a fluttering puck, had it ramp off his arm before it popped up over the crossbar and in off of 6-foot-6 goalie Jared Coreau.
"When plays like that happen, it's kind of in slow motion," Kopitar said. "I was right at the post and seeing it tumble and I was like, 'What's going to happen?