Johnny Gaudreau zips around Penguins for gorgeous goal (Video)

Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau scored a gorgeous power play goal Monday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, going around almost the entire team to put the puck in the net.

The play happened around the 5:22 mark of the third period when Gaudreau got the puck near his own blue line and raced up the boards, zipping past Tom Kuhnhackl. He then deked around Ron Hainsey, avoided a sliding Nick Bonino and went around the net for the wraparound beating goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.

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This put the Flames up 3-2. Calgary eventually won the game 4-3 in a shootout. It was the Flames’ 10th straight win, which tied a franchise record set by the 1978-79 Atlanta Flames.

“At first I just thought I was going to try to enter the zone, try to set something up,” Gaudreau said. “I kind of got a little break there. I saw Fleury come sliding out of his net, so I thought I’d wrap it around the other side and it turned out.”

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The goal was Gaudreau’s 15th of the season. Since the all-star break, Gaudreau has picked up his pace, now with 18 points in his last 17 games played. He currently has 49 points in 59 games overall this season.

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