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USA Today Sports Media Group
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Charles Curtis

Zach Hyman’s face scored a painful playoff goal for the Oilers

The Islanders goal scored Tuesday night off a facial deflection was pretty weird and wild.

But Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers topped him just hours later.

In the Oilers’ 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of their opening-round playoff series, Hyman — who scored the overtime game-winner in Game 4 — was in front of the net when a slap shot from Evan Bouchard hit him right in the face … and then went into the net. It counts, although Hyman was of course in some pain.

It won’t surprise you at all to know that Hyman stayed in the game.

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