Craig Smith Misses Game Winner by Blocking His Own Shot on a Wide-Open Net

February 23, 2016, 12:40pm

Nashville Predators forward Craig Smith produced one of the truly bizarre plays of the NHL season in Monday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens.

Tied 1-1, Smith had a chance to deliver the game-winning goal for Nashville with under a minute to play in overtime. Stationed in front of the net, Smith received a pass with a wide-open net to shoot on, but then a funny thing happened—he somehow managed to block his own shot on the one-timer attempt.

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I’m not sure he could replicate that moment again if he tried.

Here’s another angle of it:

So glad we can laugh about this now: ‘It’s kind of funny now, it wasn’t funny at the time.’ – Craig Smith, — Thomas Willis (@TomAWillis)February 23, 2016

This wasn’t the first time Smith has ran into trouble with a wide-open net—he infamously shot way high on an empty net against the Leafs back in 2011.