Lee Stempniak hits post on empty net attempt

For the season, his 5.5 percent shooting is the second worst in the league among forwards with at least 100 shots on goal, and he hasn’t actually found the back of the net in 17 games. Late in the third period of Calgary’s 2-0 win in Carolina on Monday he had an opportunity to end that drought with the ultimate slump buster staring him right in the face -- the empty net situation.

And then this happened.

Right off the iron.

Sometimes it just isn’t your season.

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