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Anton Stralman makes incredible diving stick save to prevent goal

Tampa Bay avoided a 2-0 deficit.

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Every once in a while, Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman will do something that will make NHL general managers wonder all over again why they didn't sign him last offseason. That moment came at a huge time in Game 5 in Montreal.

The Montreal Canadiens were pressing late in the second period to get a goal on the power play. When a shot somehow bounced past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, it looked like a surefire goal.

But then IN CAME ANTON.

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