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VIDEO: Islanders' Kulemin out waits Capitals' Holtby for beauty game winner

James Guillory / USA TODAY Sports

Watch your back. 

After New York Islanders captain John Tavares was hit viciously by Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin at the halfway mark of the third period, forward Nikolay Kulemin took advantage of turned heads.

With nearly everyone on the ice focused on Tavares, Kulemin snuck in behind the Capitals defense, received a pass by Nick Leddy and out waited goaltender Braden Holtby before sliding the puck past him for the eventual game winner. 

The goal put the Islanders ahead 2-1 and was Kulemin's first career playoff goal and second point of the series. 

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