Niklas Backstrom’s Goal-Line Save

Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom absolutely robbed Flames forward Craig Conroy on an empty-net scoring chance. David Moss fired a shot just wide of the net, and the puck careened out to a waiting Conroy – who couldn’t snap the puck past Backstrom’s glove.

Definitely a save of the year candidate – and Finland should have started Backstrom instead of Kipper in the Vancouver games.

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