Watch: Hornqvist banks puck off Rinne for Stanley Cup-winning goal
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Patric Hornqvist, Stanley Cup hero.
The Pittsburgh Penguins winger scored the first and winning goal of Game 6 with 1:35 remaining in the third period by banking the puck off Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne from behind the net.
Latest #StanleyCup-clinching goals in regulation
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19:01 – Dave Bolland in 2013
18:25 – Patric Hornqvist in 2017
18:02 – Bill Carson in 1929 pic.twitter.com/24OffalJkt
The goal was Hornqvist's fifth of the playoffs and biggest of his life.
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