Jake Evans scored just 75 seconds into the second period to cut Anaheim’s lead to 3-1 and give Montreal some much-needed momentum. He was bold enough to do it Thursday right after a Canadiens goal. He was bold enough to try it in his fourth NHL game. Zegras has been wanting to do his version for a while. Last year, Mike Legg celebrated the 25 th anniversary of the score in an NCAA Tournament game that instantly became part of sports highlight packages. This wasn’t Zegras’s first attempt at “The Michigan” - the moniker that unfortunately puts a blanket on the person who authored the famous lacrosse-style goal. And then after I’d start over, I’d probably get yelled at on the bench.” “If I was out there trying, I would just pitchfork it to the corner. “He can pull off plays like that and make them work,” said Anaheim forward Adam Henrique, who has enough skill to score 204 career goals. If it was, there would be many more players trying this at the NHL level. “Had a fresh tape job so I figured I’d give it a try,” he said. All in - at least what it looked like - one free and ridiculously easy swooping motion.ĭuring a second-period intermission interview with Bally Sports West’s Aly Lozoff, Zegras talked of the clean Bell Centre sheet at the start of the second that made the conditions right.

Playing in the spotlight that is Montreal, Zegras took the puck in stride behind the Canadiens’ net, secured it on his stick so he could lift it into the air and then wrapped it around the far post through the stick-defending attempt of David Savard and over the right shoulder of goalie Sam Montembeault. This time, there was no teammate needed to work in concert.

On Thursday, the 20-year-old lit up Hockey Twitter once again.

Don’t forget good old-fashioned hard work. But there might also be no limit to when he’ll attempt the kind of stuff that simultaneously thrills young kids who happen to tune in, fans who crave a spontaneous highlight-reel moment and old-school hockey folk who wonder if he is torching the sanctity of a game built on grit, battles and emotion.

Free download trevor zegras nhl 21