Lehtonen save of the year candidate

[Church Hill]

He was on the nearside post, pass came to the middle, he had to slide across and extend fully to catch it through a screen

https://streamable.com/8004

Click to read more...

 

[canadianmagpie]

Went down too early on the fake shot but recovered for the save. Was a great save though!

 

[Kahvi]

I like the part where Provorov (almost) started to celebrate

 

[WhatWhat]

Was an incredible save. Dude has been playing really well this year compared to the last 2

 

[TrillMike]

Really impressive

 

[CBJ goalie]

Fantastic stop....love it when the mesh part of the glove snaps back like that.
He really had to extend himself to get that.
*Handclap*

 

[Cody Webster]

Amazing

 

[that is unfortunate]

Best looking save I've seen in a while, glove saves don't get better than that

 

[BritainStix]

It was so good that Provy was already celebrating.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Nice recovery after biting on the initial fake so hard.

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

Beautiful save, but he should have never been in that position anyway. Nice recovery though.

 

[RageQuit77]

Truly gorgeous save. Pure instinct. No way enough time for thinking it. Lehtonen had hardly even a line-of-sight to puck, and where there was it was like watching bullet going behind trees at distance of 1.5 meters from each other. Shot was likely blinded from the goalie by 3 players.

 

[powerstuck]

I like the part where Provorov (almost) started to celebrate

Pretty sure in his head it was a done deal.

 

[JGalt]

This is legitimately one of the very best glove saves I've ever seen.

 

[Gsus]

Didn't probably see the puck after it was released, that makes it even more impressive.

 

[Dexter Colt]

Shades of the 90's right there.

 

[Church Hill]

Here's a longer video, again from reddit

https://streamable.com/plm5

 

[llamateizer]

Great Save, but Lehtonen put himself in that position.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

Wow, that's a gorgeous save!

I was expecting one of those saves where they stick their glove out and it just falls in it, pleasantly surprised

 

[Draft Guru]

Great Save, but Lehtonen put himself in that position.

Most great saves are usually the result of a goalie originally out of position...

 

[karnige]

ahh live the old school acrobat style saves. ala bill ranford