Dive save and a beauty.
San Jose Sharks goalie Yaroslav Askarov made an incredible diving glove save to stop a sure goal off a rocket from Ottawa Senators forward Drake Batherson at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.
The Senators had a man advantage with defenseman Jake Sanderson controlling the puck at the point. Sanderson went cross-ice to forward Tim Stutzle at the right circle.
Askarov moved to his left to play a shot from Stutzle, but he opted to go back across the ice to Batherson, who had a pretty open net.
Open, that is, until Askarov shut it.
Askarov, a right-hand catcher, made a huge dive to his right and snagged Batherson's shot out of midair.
Even with some traffic in front of the net, Askarov was still able to get there with the dive, looking more like a Gold Glove shortstop than a hockey goalie.
Earlier in the game, Askarov made a pretty nice pad save on a Shane Pinto breakaway chance.
After the diving save, he laid on the ice for a second and waited for the whistle. Take the rest, Yaroslav. You earned it.
