NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Anthony Nocella held off Matt Hirschman to claim the opener for the tour-type modifieds during the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing on Monday night at New Smyrna Speedway.

Nocella took the lead during a restart on lap 13, bypassing Craig Lutz. Behind him Hirschman spent most of the race in third, but began his move to the front after bypassing Patrick Emerling for second on lap 43.

Hirschman quickly closed on Nocella and ran right behind him during the final four laps, but he couldn’t find a way past him and had to settle for second.

Emerling ended up third, followed by NASCAR Cup Series regular Ryan Preece and Lutz.

The finish:

Anthony Nocella, Matt Hirschman, Patrick Emerling, Ryan Preece, Craig Lutz, Tyler Rypkema, J.R. Bertuccio, Kyle Ebersole, Jeremy Gerstner, Mike Willis Jr., Jimmy Blewett, David Sapienza, Eddie McCarthy, Brad Vanhouten, Tommy Catalano, Jeffrey Gallup, Jimmy Zacharias, Anthony Sesely, Eric Goodale, Amy Catalano, Andy Petree, Paul Townsond, Joe DeGracia, Tyler Catalano, Rich Parker, Brett Meservey, Adam LaCicero, Ray Fattaruso, Mike Bologna, Broc Brown, Kevin Shea.

BARBERVILLE, Fla. — The DIRTcar UMP Modifieds concluded their week-long battle at the 49th DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford with the $5,000-to-win Big Gator Championship, before crowning the DIRTcar Nationals champion.

A thrilling last-lap pass for the win by Spencer Hughes, scored the 19-year-old his first Big Gator, while Nick Hoffman took home his fifth straight DIRTcar Nationals championship.

In his No. 11 B&K Racing / Lethal Chassis machine, Hughes traded the lead with Jason Hughes over the final three laps before making the winning final-lap pass around the outside lane to take home the biggest win of his career and first victory in the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia.

“I thought that last caution might’ve messed me up. I felt like I had a really good run on him (J. Hughes), and I guess we had just enough. I got by him in lapped traffic and darn near knocked the fence down,” Spencer Hughes said.

“I knew we were fast, but I didn’t think we’d have enough time to get him on that last restart. He got a little better start than we did, but we were able to get up beside him. I might’ve pinched down a little bit, but I’m pretty sure he would’ve done the same to me,” Hughes continued. “We came here a year ago and we’ve always wanted a Gator ever since. Now we’re going to strap it to the hood of the Peterbilt on the way home.”

Finishing fifth, Nick Hoffman added an unprecedented fifth DIRTcar Nationals Championship to his already staggering resume.

“We had a really good week,” Hoffman said. “I think I jinxed myself today as we hadn’t used our spare nose all week, and then we whipped it out on the last lap of the whole week. It was very eventful tonight though. Definitely not the way we wanted it to go. Starting 10th, I probably had the best car to win the race but wasn’t able to show it. Then we bit the front end early running into Kyle (Strickler), and then it wasn’t steering like I needed it to, so we just tried to stay out of trouble.”

Spencer Hughes claimed the $5,000 payday ahead of Jason Hughes, with Michael Altobelli, Ryan Cripe and Hoffman filling the top five.

The finish:

Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 11H-Spencer Hughes [2][$5,000]; 2. 12H-Jason Hughes [1][$2,000]; 3. 95-Michael Altobelli [14][$1,250]; 4. 23-Ryan Cripe [8][$1,000]; 5. 2-Nick Hoffman [10][$800]; 6. 18L-Michael Long [17][$700]; 7. 35-David Stremme [5][$600]; 8. 96M-Mike McKinney [12][$575]; 9. 7JA-Justin Allgaier [3][$550]; 10. K19-Will Krup [25][$525]; 11. 77-Ray Bollinger [16][$500]; 12. 36-Kenny Wallace [13][$500]; 13. 5-Curt Spalding [21][$500]; 14. 3L-Jeff Leka [6][$500]; 15. 75-Terry Phillips [22][$450]; 16. OOD-David Reutimann [23][$425]; 17. 7-Drake Troutman [18][$400]; 18. 7CT-Christian Thomas [20][$375]; 19. 99M-Mike Mullen [28][$350]; 20. 99-Hunt Gossum [11][$300]; 21. 67-Garret Stewart [19][$300]; 22. 7A-Shane Sabraski [26][$300]; 23. 52-Colin Green [24][$300]; 24. 90-Jason Beaulieu [29][$300]; 25. 88-Matt Crafton [30][$300]; 26. 12L-Lucas Lee [15][$300]; 27. 22-Dale Kelley [31][$300]; 28. 8KS-Kyle Strickler [9][$300]; 29. 25-Tyler Nicely [4][]; 30. 45J-Johnny Broking [27][]; 31. 49-Brian Ruhlman [7][-]; 32. 65-Todd Sherman [32][-]; KSE Hard Charger Award: K19-Will Krup[+15]

GIBSONTON, Fla. — Reigning Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 champion Aaron Reutzel raced to his second victory of the season Monday night at East Bay Raceway Park.

Driving the Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports No. 87, Reutzel started sixth and took the lead on lap three en route to the $5,000 victory on the third-mile oval.

“We kinda picked up right where we left off last year. Whenever you’re running that good at the end of the year, you don’t want the year to end. Momentum can change and you can never be too sure how the next year is going to start,” Reutzel said. “Even when we had the opportunity to practice last week, I told the guys I didn’t want to practice. I just wanted to head into race night like it was another race from last year.”

A takeover that proved to be just as impressive as the driver performing it, Reutzel’s bid for the lead on lap three consisted of two parts, the first segment being a slingshot move around the outer edge of the speedway in turns one and two to power by three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart.

Reutzel’s maneuver in the first two corners was soon followed by a dive through turns three and four to sneak by Brian Brown for the top spot. The multi-time Knoxville Raceway track champion led the first two circuits.

Reutzel went on to race unchallenged throughout the remaining distance, easily navigating through slower traffic while Stewart, Cory Eliason, Ian Madsen and Brown jockeyed for position.

Climbing ahead from eighth, Madsen eventually settled into second on lap 18 and desperately attempted to track down the two-time champion during the second half of the 30-lap program. The effort was present, but the gap was too much to overcome, even in late stages of traffic. Reutzel lapped all but the top 11 cars and, at one point, maintained a near-five second advantage. The final margin of victory was 2.5 seconds.

“The track was phenomenal tonight. I’d love to see a race track like that the entire time we are here,” Reutzel continued. “That was a lot of fun. I can’t thank my team enough for what they do for me. I wouldn’t be where I am today without their hard work and dedication.”

Following Reutzel and Madsen to the line were Eliason, Stewart and Chad Kemenah.

The finish:

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [6]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [8]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason [4]; 4. 14-Tony Stewart [2]; 5. 15K-Chad Kemenah [9]; 6. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 7. 4T-Terry McCarl [13]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [3]; 9. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [11]; 10. 13-Paul McMahan [7]; 11. 28-Tim Shaffer [14]; 12. M1-Mark Smith [5]; 13. 5-Brent Marks [19]; 14. 3C-Cale Conley [17]; 15. W20-Greg Wilson [12]; 16. 44-Trey Starks [15]; 17. 24-Danny Martin Jr. [10]; 18. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [24]; 19. 40-George Hobaugh [18]; 20. 1-Jamie Myers [20]; 21. 49H-Bradley Howard [21]; 22. 48-Danny Dietrich [16]; 23. 28F-Davie Franek [23]; 24. 4-Danny Smith [22] Lap Leaders: Brian Brown (1,2), Aaron Reutzel (3-30)

BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Picking up right where he left off in last year’s DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford, Brandon Sheppard ran away with Monday night’s DIRTcar Late Model feature for his fifth consecutive victory at Volusia Speedway Park.

The defending Dirt Late Model Big Gator champion stole the lead from polesitter Tim McCreadie at the green flag and never looked back, leading all 30 laps en route to his sixth victory at Volusia in the past seven DIRTcar Nationals features.

If anyone thought it was the Rocket1 Racing show during last year’s Florida-Georgia Speedweeks, it’s looking like an even more concentrated go-around this year, as Sheppard now tallies four late model victories in the past seven days.

“It’s been an incredible Speedweeks so far, our consistency has been through the roof all week,” Sheppard said. “When you’re as consistent as we are, the wins are going to come.”

Sheppard led comfortably until the race’s second caution on lap 14, when Scott Bloomquist Racing’s Chris Madden gave him his strongest challenge of the race on the restart. Using the top side momentum to his advantage, Madden got a great run out of turn two and dove into turn three on the bottom. But Sheppard was just too strong in the middle and began to pull away again at the flagstand.

Another restart with nine laps remaining put Madden on the top side at the drop of the green, but he stumbled on the cushion as Brian Shirley and Dennis Erb Jr. drove by on the bottom. Madden fell back two spots further before the checkered, leaving the 2018 Big Gator champion with a sixth-place result.

Shirley had a great race going on the top side, using the speed to make several passes as he climbed up into the podium. He fended off Erb’s fierce challenges on the bottom in the closing laps to secure the runner-up spot with a car he said was very comfortable to drive.

To beat the Rocket1 car ahead of him, however, Shirley believes it’s going to take more than just being good in the feature.

“We’ve just got to make sure we qualify good and start up front,” Shirley said. “I just felt like [Sheppard] was just a little bit better than me out there on the track and could do things that I just couldn’t do, so we’ve just got to get a little better. Hopefully, one night, I can get lucky enough to start on the front row and have a shot.”

Erb had a very strong car the whole race, rounding out an all-Illinois top-three from his eighth starting spot.

“On that last restart, Chris just went way high there and I just went right through the middle,” Erb said. “Once everybody got settled in there, it was awful fast and hard to pass from there on.”

Sheppard fended off the fellow Illinois drivers’ pressure from behind with ease on the following restarts, leading the field back to the checkers for a $7,000 payday.

Sheppard said his continued success comes down to he and his crew’s workflow in the pit area. Each day, they know exactly what it is they need to do to get the job done, and with car owner Mark Richards’ years of experience racing at Volusia, it puts Sheppard at ease behind the wheel.

“It just makes my confidence maxed-out all the time. I know I can drive into turn one, however, I feel I need to and nothing’s going to fall off or break or anything like that because my guys just do such a great job. It’s a lot easier to have a lot of confidence whenever you’ve got a great group of guys pumping you up, and you know your car’s gonna be good,” Sheppard said.

The finish:

Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard [2][]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley [5][]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb, [8][]; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie [1][]; 5. 5-Mark Whitener [11][]; 6. 0M-Chris Madden [4][]; 7. 72-Michael Norris [3][]; 8. 29V-Darrell Lanigan [14][]; 9. 7W-Ricky Weiss [6][]; 10. 76B-Brandon Overton [22][]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard [20][]; 12. 20-Jimmy Owens [17][]; 13. 12-Ashton Winger [9][]; 14. 15-Donny Schatz [7][]; 15. 17M-Dale McDowell [10][]; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs [16][]; 17. O-Rick Eckert [18][]; 18. 40B-Kyle Bronson [13][]; 19. 21-Ivedent Lloyd, [15][]; 20. 25Z-Mason Zeigler [23][]; 21. 16B-Tyler Bruening [12][]; 22. 6-Blake Spencer [24][]; 23. OOO-Kyle Lear [19][]; 24. 89-GR Smith [21][]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 76B-Brandon Overton[+12]

INDIANAPOLIS — Andretti Autosport will continue to field the No. 18 McLaren entry for Jarett Andretti during the Pirelli GT4 Americas Sprint season with sponsorship from Endurance.

Endurance, a leader in auto protection, first joined Andretti during his first foray into GT4 Americas sports car competition with Andretti Autosport last year.

“We’re excited to continue our partnership with Jarett and the Andretti team for the 2020 season” said Jordan Batt, CEO of Endurance. “We share a commitment to best in class performance and empowering confidence in our drivers – whether at the race track, or on the road in communities across America.” With an array of automotive protection plans offering the most comprehensive coverage, Endurance is one of the largest providers of vehicle service contracts in the nation.

Endurance protects auto owners once their manufacturer’s warranties expire, and provides coverage from unexpected and costly repairs. Plus, every plan includes an Endurance Elite membership with 24-hour roadside assistance, replacement for broken or lost key fobs, tire repair and replacement, along with many other driver benefits. In addition to their primary sponsorship of the No. 18 Endurance McLaren, Endurance will appear on the team’s Sprint X car as an associate sponsor of the No. 36 McLaren.

“It is great to have such a trusted brand back for a second year of Pirelli GT4 America Racing,” said Jarett Andretti. “Last year was a great first year for our team and Endurance’s first venture into motorsports. We are looking forward to building upon that for 2020 and beyond!”

Competition for this year’s Pirelli GT4 Americas championship will kick off March 6-8 at Circuit of The Americas, which will host races in both the Sprint and Sprint X categories.

The NHL remains reluctant to reverse course and compete in the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, despite new assurances -- which have the backing of the league's players -- from Olympic officials to resolve some major stumbling blocks.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly significantly tamped hopes of the world's best players returning to the Olympics for the first time since 2014 by referring to recent talks as "very preliminary" and leaving open many unanswered questions.

"We aren't there yet. In fact, we aren't even close to being there," Daly wrote in an email to The Associated Press on Monday. "At this point in time, we continue to believe that the negatives outweigh the positives."

At the same time, Daly raised another concern by suggesting the matter of Olympic participation might be easier to resolve if it were tied to ongoing negotiations to extend the league's collective bargaining agreement. The league and the players are scheduled to spend the next two days involved in CBA talks in Toronto.

NHLPA executive director Don Fehr responded by telling The AP that he hopes the NHL isn't moving the goal posts on the union in regard to the issue of Olympic participation, with the Beijing Games taking place before the current CBA expires.

"I can't figure out why anybody would not want to go and take advantage of this opportunity because it doesn't come around every day," Fehr told The AP by phone.

"We think and have always thought that a matter like this should be addressed on its own merits, and it seems to us that the merits on this one are crystal clear, pellucidly clear."

The setback in discussions comes a week after NHL and NHLPA officials attended a meeting in New York at which the International Ice Hockey Federation provided mostly verbal -- and a few written -- assurances addressing many of the concerns that prompted the league to decline to participate in the Winter Games in South Korea. The NHL participated in the previous five Olympics.

The long-standing issues IIHF chief Rene Fasel addressed included paying for players' travel and insurance costs. Another issue was providing the league and union access to video and images to allow both to market players.

Daly called the meeting "positive" but said the league continues to have "valid reservations" about how Olympic participation disrupts its schedule by requiring the NHL to shut down the regular season for two weeks once every four years.

Messages left with Fasel and the IIHF were not immediately returned.

Fehr was encouraged after the meeting.

"The impression I had coming out of the meeting was that there ought to be a way to get this done to everybody's satisfaction," he said.

Fehr said he doubted that the Olympics issue would be raised during talks this week, saying, "the NHL needs some time to go through and digest and think through what happened at the last meeting, as we do."

Although there's no firm deadline for the NHL to decide about sending players in 2022, Fehr said he hopes an agreement will be reached well before his term as IIHF chief expires in September.

Disagreement about Olympic participation has the potential to derail talks after both sides showed good faith in September, when they ensured three more seasons of labor peace by not using an opt-out clause. Such a move would have terminated the existing CBA in September 2020.

Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf wasn't surprised when informed that the NHL might attempt to fold Olympic participation into labor talks, given that a majority of players favor representing their respective countries.

"Why do you think that is?" Getzlaf told The AP with a laugh. "They're a business. If they put that into negotiations, that means it's a leverage chip for them that they're going to try to use against us."

New York Islanders NHLPA representative Anders Lee said the chance to compete in Beijing should be as important to the NHL as it is to the players.

"There's a lot of things that go into this, and there's a reason why China: It's a draw," Lee said. "It's a great thing for our game. That's why it's so important to both sides."

Fehr noted that the two sides have enough issues that need to be settled in negotiations without introducing competing in Beijing into the mix. He also noted, however, a desire to establish a long-term international calendar of events that would include Olympic participation and the revival of the league- and union-sponsored World Cup of Hockey, which was last played in 2016.

"We can only hope that as these discussions continue, whatever the initial reactions are will give way to the facts and circumstances," he said. "My view -- and this is a personal view -- you take advantage of the opportunities when they come."

Daly responded by saying Fehr is entitled to his point of view regarding the value of NHL Olympic participation.

"But so are our owners," Daly said. "We participated in five consecutive Olympic Games, beginning long before Don was involved in our league. We have a pretty good sense of the positives and negatives associated with participation."

The Minnesota Wild have traded left wing Jason Zucker to the Pittsburgh Penguins for center Alex Galchenyuk, defenseman Calen Addison and a 2020 conditional first-round pick.

Zucker, 28, has been rumored to be part of several deals over the years and was reportedly headed to Pittsburgh last year, until Penguins winger Phil Kessel refused to waive his no-trade clause.

Zucker, who has 14 goals and 15 assists this season, had career bests of 33 goals and 31 assists in 2017-18. He has spent his entire nine-year career with Minnesota, which drafted him in the second round of the 2010 draft. He is in the second year of a five-year, $27.5 million contract.

"Jason Zucker is a top-six forward that we think will be a great fit for our group," Penguins GM Jim Rutherford said in a statement. "He's a proven goal scorer, and with three more years on his current contract, he has the potential to make an impact for us moving forward."

Galchenyuk has five goals and 12 assists in his first season in Pittsburgh, his third team in as many seasons. His best season was 2015-16, when he recorded 30 goals and 25 assists for the Canadiens.

Galchenyuk, 25, has a $4.9 million salary and is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent at season's end.

Addison was a second-round pick for the Penguins in 2018 and has yet to play in the NHL.

BOSTON -- Jordan Harris scored 14:33 into double overtime, and No. 12 Northeastern beat Boston University 5-4 to win the 68th annual Beanpot championship on Monday.

Harris skated into the high slot and fired a wrist shot that sailed untouched under Terriers goalie Sam Tucker with 46 seconds remaining on a Huskies power play.

The Huskies (15-8-3) won their third straight Beanpot title for the first time. The feat was last achieved when Boston College won five in a row from 2010 to '14.

Northeastern beat BU 5-2 in 2018 to win its first Beanpot since 1988 and topped BC 4-2 last year to win back-to-back Beanpots for the first time since 1984-85.

Aidan McDonough, Tyler Madden, Zach Solow and Grant Jozefek also scored for the Huskies, and Julian Kislin had three assists. Craig Pantano made 40 saves.

Boston (10-9-8) came up short in its bid to add to its tournament record of 30 Beanpot crowns, which is 10 better than that of second-place rival BC. The Terriers have not won since 2015, when they beat Northeastern 4-3 in overtime in the title game.

Trevor Zegras had two goals, and Jake Wise and David Farrance also scored for the Terriers. Ashton Abel allowed four goals on 14 shots before he was replaced by Tucker, who finished with 18 saves.

Due to NCAA rules implemented this season, the game was officially recorded as a draw for both teams. After teams play one five-minute overtime, the NCAA awards a tie and does not count any stats from additional overtimes.

In the afternoon consolation, No. 7 Boston College cruised to a 7-2 win against Harvard. Jack McBain had a pair of goals, Matt Boldy added a goal and two assists, and Spencer Knight made 26 saves for the Eagles.

BC blew multiple two-goal leads before falling 5-4 in double overtime to the Terriers in last Monday's semifinal. Northeastern beat Harvard 3-1 in its opener to reach its 20th Beanpot title game.

The four-team tournament played on the first two Mondays in February has been mostly dominated by BU and BC since its inception in 1952. Harvard is a distant third, with 11 Beanpot titles. Northeastern has won seven.

The Terriers reached the title game in five of the past six seasons and 54 of 68 overall.

After the Terriers pulled Tucker with 1:30 remaining, Zegras forced OT with his second goal as time expired in regulation. The freshman collected a pass from Wise through the crease, pulled the puck out from behind the net and backhanded it in.

Farrance got BU within a goal 1:56 into the third when his shot from the high slot deflected off a defender's stick and got past Pantano.

Madden scored the first of the Huskies' four unanswered goals in an 8:30 span on a left-circle wrist shot 2:53 into the second period.

McDonough tied it nearly three minutes later on a wrist shot from the slot, and Solow scored from the same spot just 15 seconds into a 5-on-3 power play to give Northeastern the lead with 10:18 left.

Jozefek's power-play goal less than two minutes later made it 4-2 and capped the Huskies' surge of four goals on four shots.

The Terriers led 2-0 after the first on goals by Wise and Zegres. Wise scored at 2:49, poking in a loose puck after Matthew Quercia's initial shot from the point was stopped by Pantano.

Zegres skated into the left circle and beat Pantano glove-side on a wrist shot with 12:10 left in the opening period.

The Terriers beat the Huskies 6-3 in their first of four meetings this season on Dec. 7 at BU.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The Pittsburgh Penguins addressed a need in their top six as they ready for the playoffs. But they had to pay a price to do so, sending a decent-size package back to the Minnesota Wild.

The deal:

Penguins get: F Jason Zucker
Wild get: F Alex Galchenyuk, D Calen Addison, 2020 conditional first-round pick

Pittsburgh Penguins: A-

When Carolina Hurricanes second-year right wing Andrei Svechnikov rounded the Calgary net in late October, scooped the puck onto his stick and tucked it home top shelf, he ushered in a new wave of highlight-reel, how'd-he-do-that innovation in NHL goal scoring. Although many had tried the expert-level move, no one had succeeded in the NHL. But since the 19-year-old pulled it off, there have been two other such triumphs.

Of course, it wasn't the only wow-inducing move we've seen this season. But it made us pause and take stock of scoring innovation. How does the move commonly known as "The Michigan" rank among the coolest goals ever scored in the NHL?

We turned to a panel of 13 NHL writers, analysts and editors and asked them to rank their favorite innovative goals of all time. Degree of difficulty and skill, the situation and the creativity involved were all factored into the lists. Iconic goals that were not necessarily scored on an imaginative move -- such as Bobby Orr's famous flying Stanley Cup winner in 1970 -- were not included. Those are certainly memorable, but they don't really fit the criteria here. Goals scored outside the NHL were also tossed out, although many on the list were born in other leagues.

After compiling the list of 10 jaw-dropping tallies (and a few honorable mentions), we turned our attention to the future, looking at four intriguing moves that we could see in an NHL game in the not-so-distant future. Hey, in a league in which players are scooping up pucks lacrosse-style and scoring like it's nothing and between-the-leg tries have reached near regularity, anything is possible. The talent is so high, and creativity is meeting that elite skill level. We're all benefiting from the results.

Here are our rankings of the 10 coolest goals ever scored in the NHL, along with what we might see next -- with context provided by Greg Wyshynski, Emily Kaplan and Chris Peters.

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10. "The Forsberg"

"The Forsberg" was named after Hall of Famer Peter Forsberg, a move in which a player's body is going one way while, with one hand on the stick, he/she tucks the puck past the goalie on the far side. He executed it in the shootout of the gold medal game in the 1994 Winter Olympics, earning himself a spot on a Swedish postage stamp. Then he pulled it off in the NHL while with the Flyers in October 2006.

Many NHLers have attempted and perfected the move, but Vladimir Tarasenko's version in a playoff game against the Wild in April 2015 is a special one, thanks to his incredible velocity during the sequence. -- Wyshynski

9. Pavel Datsyuk scores the "Omark flip"

Datsyuk might not have originated the flip goal, but he pulled it off in the best league in the world, and no one else has been able to before or since. The Jan. 17, 2010, shootout flip shot was actually first pulled off by former Oilers draft pick Linus Omark, who did it while representing Sweden in international competition.

The move takes a ton of skill, patience and precision -- and a wee, little bit of arrogance. But when you're The Magic Man, that's all part of the package. Datsyuk was the first shooter in that shootout, in a game in the midst of a revived rivalry between Detroit and Chicago, and he goes and drops that? No fair. -- Peters

8. Marek Malik goes between the legs

This goal will forever be epic because it includes an unlikely hero. Malik had zero goals on the 2005-06 season and just 27 career goals in 488 NHL games. But during a 15-round shootout between the Capitals and Rangers on Nov. 26, 2005, it was New York's defensive defenseman who deked out Washington goalie Olaf Kolzig with a slick, between-the-legs goal. It sent New Yorkers into a frenzy and is regarded as one of the best shootout goals ever. Plus, it played a part in between-the-legs goals becoming almost common. -- Kaplan

7. Sidney Crosby juggles and bats it home

The greatest athletes make it look easy. Perhaps, then, it was no surprise when Crosby effortlessly batted the puck to himself while it was midair to score against the Canadiens in March 2018. It was the first of three very similar goals that Crosby scored in a 10-game span. -- Wyshynski

6. Pavel Bure drops the puck to his skate

Bure was so far ahead of his time in so many ways, but the speed with which he played would dominate in any era, including the current one. The Russian Rocket wowed everyone with this goal against the Bruins in his first game back from one of his many injuries during the 1996-97 season.

Bure hits top speed, blows past Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque and, instead of also blowing past the goalie, freezes Scott Bailey by dropping the puck to his skate before continuing past, kicking it back to his stick and sliding it in. It's a goal unique to a player of Bure's speed, and that's probably why we haven't seen anything like it since (let's see it, Connor McDavid). -- Peters

5. Denis Savard dekes past the entire team

Short-handed and from his own blue line, Savard skated toward Edmonton's zone trying to buy time -- and ended up scoring one of the most memorable goals in Chicago Blackhawks history on Feb. 24, 1988. Savard twirled and weaved around half of the Oilers on the ice. Seven-time All-Star defenseman Kevin Lowe was Savard's final victim as he broke a 3-3 tie with an off-balanced shot against Grant Fuhr. -- Kaplan

4. Jaromir Jagr does it himself

In Game 1 of the 1992 Final, Jagr scored on one of the greatest individual efforts in playoff history. He intercepted a clearing attempt by Brent Sutter, deked around Dirk Graham, deked around a hapless Sutter, who tried to correct his error, and then around defenseman Frantisek Kucera before backhanding the puck past a diving Sutter -- completing his personal nightmare -- and past Hall of Famer Ed Belfour.

"Oh, that was probably the greatest goal I've ever seen," Lemieux said after the game. -- Wyshynski

3. Mario Lemieux dekes while sliding

This has to be the first goal most people think of when they think of Lemieux. It came in Game 2 of the 1991 Stanley Cup Final, Mario's first crack at the Cup, and signified all of the things that made him "Le Magnifique." From the speed with which Lemieux gets through the neutral zone to his incredible stick work to get the puck through Shawn Chambers' legs and avoid Jon Casey's poke-check, it's vintage Mario.

The Penguins went on to win their first Stanley Cup that year, with Lemieux earning Conn Smythe honors with 12 points in the final and a highlight for the ages. -- Peters

2. Andrei Svechnikov, Filip Forsberg pull off "The Michigan" lacrosse goal

In 1996, Mike Legg defied gravity by scoring a lacrosse-style goal for the University of Michigan. Since then, hockey players across all levels have tried it -- some successfully, some not (looking at you, Auston Matthews). It took 23 years for this to finally make it to the NHL. Once Carolina's Svechnikov executed it against Calgary's David Rittich in October 2019, the floodgates opened. Svechnikov then did it again (leading some to call it "The Svech"), and Nashville's Forsberg followed suit soon after.

Goalies everywhere are on notice. The problem is, if executed correctly, this move is nearly impossible to stop. -- Kaplan

1. Alex Ovechkin scores "The Goal" on his back

It was Jan. 16, 2006, and the legend of Ovechkin wasn't even through Chapter 1 yet. He was just a rookie, electrifying a post-lockout NHL, when Ovechkin scored what would henceforth be known as "The Goal" against the Coyotes. He collected the puck in the neutral zone, sped into the attacking zone and attempted a toe-drag in the slot. Instead, his skate toe-picked, and he fell to the ice ... while still controlling the puck as he rolled on his back. He then somehow hooked it for a shot that beat goalie Brian Boucher.

Ovechkin would call it "lucky" and "a beautiful goal." Its greatness was so immediately accepted that fans clamored for the NHL to buy time during that year's Super Bowl and run the goal as a commercial. Fourteen years later, many other chapters have been written in Ovechkin's legend, but "The Goal" remains one of its singular moments. -- Wyshynski

HONORABLE MENTIONS

These goals just missed our top 10, finishing at Nos. 11-13. But they were too good to leave out. Here are our honorable mentions.

Matthew Tkachuk goes between the legs from the hash marks

With less than two seconds left in overtime, Tkachuk saw a juicy rebound, crossed in from the hash marks and performed straight wizardry. He shot the puck between his legs and got enough juice to roof it -- all in one swooping motion and while falling on one knee.

Oddly enough, this occurred this season just one game after Svechnikov's first lacrosse goal. That, of course, was rehearsed; this was improvisation at its finest. -- Kaplan

Nikita Kucherov's no shot

It is hard to innovate these days, but Kucherov's "no shot" goal is as creative as you'll find. He has now scored it in a shootout (March 2017), in an All-Star Game (January 2018) and in a regular-season game breakaway (February 2018). He gives the puck just enough momentum to slip under the goalie while faking like he's going to make another move by going over or in front of the puck. Goalies might be wise to it now, but it is so darn clever. -- Peters

Valeri Kamensky goes airborne on spin-o-rama

The Avalanche forward didn't have much time to think. In a January 1997 game at the Panthers, Kamensky took a pass from Alexei Gusarov right in front of Panthers goalie John Vanbiesbrouck, but the puck was in his skates. Instinctively, he executed a perfect pirouette, launching into the air as he backhanded the puck between his own legs and into the Florida net. -- Wyshynski

THE NEXT GREAT NHL GOAL

What is the next move that will leave you speechless? Our crew picked out four that we've seen elsewhere and can't wait to maybe -- just maybe -- see soon in an NHL rink.

Between the legs, toss and bat

When you finish a game with six goals and eight assists and your team wins 26-2, you can afford to get a little creative. That's what Israel's Eliezer Sherbatov did on a breakaway when he pulled the puck between his skates, flipped it into the air and batted it into the top corner. That takes serious coordination.

This goal would have gotten a lot more attention if it hadn't occurred in a Division III World Championship game between Israel and Greece. -- Kaplan

Off the goalie's back

Oscar Milton was 17 years old when he scored this creative goal for Almtuna in Sweden's U20 league. He has all the time in the world behind the net and just shovels the puck up and over the net and off the goalie's back.

It's a hard thing to pull off, and I think this might be difficult to see in an NHL game. That said, the proliferation of lacrosse attempts in the top league might cause goalies to cheat a little, so if a player has the time and can keep his stick below the cross bar for the flip, it'd be an instant goal-of-the-year candidate. -- Peters

The puck throw

One of the most difficult aspects of goal scoring is trying to control the puck on the ice. If the bad hops don't get you, then opponents' sticks, skates and limbs will. So why not take the ice out of the equation? Rob Schremp, one of the foremost goal-scoring trick-shot innovators, lights the way by launching the puck Jai Alai-style at the net. No, it didn't go in, but don't be surprised to see an NHL player find success with this nifty move down the road. -- Wyshynski

Lacrosse and spin

This combines a lacrosse goal with a spin-o-rama, and my, oh my, does it look dazzling when done at full speed. Could this goal ever be pulled off in an NHL game? That's unclear. Nikita Gusev did it during the KHL All-Star skills competition. -- Kaplan