whcanuck
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- May 11, 2017
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I've been thinking about the best penalty shot players in NHL history. Guys who have A) gotten a lot of penalty shot opportunities and B) most importantly, scoring a lot of goals on penalty shots. Not shootouts though, that's something different. A penalty shot is mid-game and can win a game, give some insurance or put your team back in it.
Pavel Bure is one of the best I can remember. He had 12 penalty shots in his career and scored on 7 of them, that's extremely good! He might be best known for the one in the '94 finals where Richter stopped him.
Joe Sakic was unreal on penalty shots, a perfect 5 for 5 in his career. Simon Gagne was 3 for 3 too. Mario Lemieux was awesome at them, which isn't too surprising. He was 6 for 8 in his career.
Amazingly, two future HOFers, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, 10 combined penalty shot opportunities and no goals.
Pavel Bure is one of the best I can remember. He had 12 penalty shots in his career and scored on 7 of them, that's extremely good! He might be best known for the one in the '94 finals where Richter stopped him.
Joe Sakic was unreal on penalty shots, a perfect 5 for 5 in his career. Simon Gagne was 3 for 3 too. Mario Lemieux was awesome at them, which isn't too surprising. He was 6 for 8 in his career.
Amazingly, two future HOFers, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, 10 combined penalty shot opportunities and no goals.