Watch: Rangers' Glass goes backhand shelf on Price, scores playoff opener
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Just as everyone predicted.
The first player to score in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs is none other than Tanner Glass of the New York Rangers, who roofed the puck on Carey Price with a wicked backhand off the faceoff.
Glass entered the playoffs with one goal in his previous 60 postseason appearances.
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