NHL Evgeny Svechnikov - Future Trivia Answer

20 year old Evgeny Svechnikov will likely be an obscure NHL trivia answer in the future. The question:
Which player scored a game-winning goal <i>before</i> scoring his first official goal?

How does that happen? In a weird, wild shootout.

Svechnikov got called up to play in his first NHL game for the Detroit Red Wings to fill in for a player with the flu. The game ended up in a tie. OT didn't resolve it, so it went to a shootout. Current shootout rules allow 3 players to shoot for each team. If the score is still tied after those 3, both teams send a player to take an additional shot until the tie is broken.

Both goalies were playing well, and no goals were scored after the standard 3 shooters. Then 4 shooters. Then 5, and 6. For his 7th shooter, the Detroit coach elected to give the new kid a chance. Svechnikov scored a beauty, and the opposing Ottawa Senators failed to score on their following final attempt.

Svechnikov scored the game-winning goal (technically the "game-deciding goal"), but goals scored in a shootout don't count in terms of a player's personal records -- they are credited to the team as a whole. So, he will go down in history as the first player to score a game-winning goal in the NHL before officially scoring any goals. Hard to watch without bringing a big smile to your face and feeling good for the kid -- bet his 1st official goal that really does count won't be far behind.

For full story:
http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2017/04/evgeny_svechnikov_pulls_off_ra.html

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