https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3YK239gyD4

Our Video Of Day comes courtesy of last night’s Devils shootout win over the Lightning. That’s right. They finally won another shootout. This one was special with Patrik Elias’ nifty backhand tuck setting the stage for rookie Keith Kinkaid, who stoned Jonathan Drouin for his first NHL win. Congrats kid.

“It was one of the best moments of my life,” an excited Kinkaid said after making 26 saves and stopping Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Drouin in succession. ”I celebrated with my teammates, but it’s a great accomplishment to get the first one. Hopefully, it’s just the beginning and I can talk about a regulation win.”

Oddly enough, all three of his starts have gone to a shootout. Even though the Devils blew another lead with Kucherov sneaking a backhand past Kinkaid with 40.1 seconds left, the backup remained poised enough to get it done. He helped the Devs end a five-game skid.

Elias played the hero. On a night he scored a spectacular backhand goal, he got the lone goal in the shootout with a beautiful move deking Evgeni Nabokov and finishing with the backhand. The 38-year old franchise leader in scoring turned back the clock. He has 397 career goals.

”I was just trying to make a move, coming in from the other side,” said Elias, who said he had not scored in a shootout in a while. ”I usually don’t come in from the left side. I faked a shot to see what he is going to do and I had half the net open.”