DENVER -- It looked harmless enough.
Late in the second period of what would become a 4-3 Penguins overtime victory at Pepsi Center Friday night, Colorado's Gabriel Landeskog had the puck just outside the Penguins' blue line, then casually flipped it into the air and toward the net.
It landed a couple of feet in front of Matt Murray, who was positioned squarely in front of it and figured to have no trouble smothering the puck after gravity pulled it back down to ice level.
Assuming it went toward him.