Nino Niederreiter has some slick hands.
The Minnesota Wild winger took advantage of an early power play against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday with a highlight-reel goal. After taking an excellent centering pass from Thomas Vanek, Niederreiter lured Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavalec out of the crease, pushed the puck to his backhand and somehow scored while falling to the ice.
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If the move wasn’t already impressive enough, the skilled 22-year-old made it look pretty easy. Niederreiter leads the Wild with eight goals this season and has four goals in his last three games. He scored a hat trick against the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center on Nov. 13.
The goal got the Wild on the board first and set the tone for the remainder of the first period, as a pair of Zach Parise goals helped Minnesota open up a three-goal lead.
The Jets stormed back to force overtime, but Marco Scandella scored in extra time to give the Wild a 4-3 win.
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