A slight bobble over the blue line downgraded the chance from a breakaway to a three-on-three look, but that made what happened next even more impressive.
After pulling up along the wall, Coyotes center Christian Dvorak cut to the middle, dragged the puck by a defender and off his skate before wiring the puck through traffic and by Capitals goalie Braden Holtby.
It was one of the team’s prettier goals of the season, if not the best exhibition of skill in the offensive zone.
And Dvorak didn’t even crack a smile when he was surrounded by teammates in the March 31 win over Washington, wearing a stoic stare as he was congratulated.