VIDEO: Islanders' Tavares outwaits Sharks' Stalock for winning shootout goal
Mike Stobe / Getty
John Tavares ended Thursday's game between the San Jose Sharks and the New York Islanders with this nifty move in the fifth round of the shootout:
(Courtesy: NHL.com)
In the clip, a speedy Tavares skates towards Sharks netminder Alex Stalock, but slows down around the hashmarks. Stalock bites on Tavares' stickhandling and goes down before the Islanders captain flips a backhand into the yawning upper portion of the net.
Tavares added two assists in regulation as the Islanders improved to 4-0-0 to start the season, for the first time since 2001-02.