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USA Today Sports Media Group
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Charles Curtis

Jake Oettinger’s stick made the best save of the 2024 NHL playoffs

Puck luck, as hockey fans know, is a thing.

But what about stick luck? That was a thing in the Dallas Stars’ Game 4 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

Stars netminder Jake Oettinger lost his stick while Edmonton was on a power play in the first period, but it was behind him … and when Connor McDavid tried to knock in a puck nearby, it was the discarded stick that made the save without Oettinger’s help.

Sadly, the Stars might have wished for more stick luck — they lost 5-2 on Wednesday night, and now the Western Conference Finals are tied up 2-2. Here’s that amazing moment, though:

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