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Carolina Hurricanes: Top Three Saves of the Season

By Austin Blum

RALEIGH, NC - APRIL 04: Carolina Hurricanes Goalie Curtis McElhinney (35) and Carolina Hurricanes Goalie Petr Mrazek (34) celebrate after the Carolina Hurricanes clinch their first playoff birth since 2009 during a game between the New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on April 4, 2019. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC - APRIL 04: Carolina Hurricanes Goalie Curtis McElhinney (35) and Carolina Hurricanes Goalie Petr Mrazek (34) celebrate after the Carolina Hurricanes clinch their first playoff birth since 2009 during a game between the New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on April 4, 2019. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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SUNRISE, FL – MARCH 2: Goaltender Petr Mrazek #34 of the Carolina Hurricanes defends the net in over time against the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center on March 2, 2019 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)
SUNRISE, FL – MARCH 2: Goaltender Petr Mrazek #34 of the Carolina Hurricanes defends the net in over time against the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center on March 2, 2019 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images) /

3. Petr Mrazek: March 2, 2019 vs. Florida Panthers

The saves made by Petr Mrazek in this game were huge, which led to an eventual overtime winner by Sebastian Aho to top the Panthers 4-3. Mrazek took over this overtime and gave the Hurricanes the chance to win as the Panthers has opportunity after opportunity to seal a victory.

About 17 seconds into overtime, Mrazek got a piece of a Vincent Trocheck shot as Trocheck broke in passed the defense. Mrazek got just enough of the shot in order to send it wide of the net out of harms way.

A desperation play by Mrazek occurred that helped extend the game and was the most impressive of his stops. Mike Matheson was in alone, but Mrazek skated out aggressively and dove for a poke check that denied his scoring chance. Justin Faulk was there to clean up after the puck was knocked off of Matheson’s stick.

Then, Mrazek made a pad save on Jonathan Huberdeau, which led to a two on one for Aho and Nino Niederreiter. Niederreiter got defenseman Keith Yandle to commit and he hit Aho for the goal. This increased a Hurricanes win streak at this time of the season to five games. This is the game that really helped catapult Mrazek to be the team’s number one goalie.

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