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Need a shootout-deciding goal? This round is on Blueger

GLENDALE, Ariz -- This was not, Teddy Blueger said, completely uncharted territory for him.

Hey, he'd been in a shootout or two before.

Literally. One or two.

In the minors.

More than a year ago.

"I think I maybe had one or two tries last year in Wilkes-Barre," Blueger said. "Early on in the year. So it's not something I'm used to, for sure."

Perhaps that wasn't a bad thing, considering how many guys with lots of shootout experience tried -- and failed -- to score before he got his chance Sunday evening at Gila River Arena.