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Canucks penalty killer tries to give a Penguins player a piggyback ride

This could be a penalty killing breakthrough.

Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports

The Vancouver Canucks have the second-best penalty kill in the NHL so far. But there's always room for improvement, right?

With that in mind, Canucks forward Alex Burrows decided to innovate on Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. When the Penguins carried the puck up ice on the power play in the second period, Burrows got caught behind everyone else. Instead of hustling to catch up, he...gave a piggyback ride to one of the Penguins?

Yep. That’s exactly what he did. Pittsburgh didn’t score, so it must have worked!

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