Sibir of the KHL needed just a single goal to beat Metallurg in KHL action on Wednesday, and it came in unique fashion.

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With a faceoff in the Metallurg zone late in the third period, Konstantin Okulov saw an opportunity and timed the puck drop perfectly.

Mario Lemieux’s smiling somewhere after seeing that.

You feel for Metallurg netminder Vladislav Podyapolsky because really, as prepared as you are before a faceoff, are you expecting an immediate, direct shot off the draw? Well, maybe now he will.

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