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Matt Hendricks’s ‘Paralyzer’ shootout move helps Oilers top Coyotes

Matt Hendricks is helping the Edmonton Oilers with his go-to shootout move, "The Paralyzer."
Matt Hendricks’s ‘Paralyzer’ shootout move helps Oilers top Coyotes
Matt Hendricks’s ‘Paralyzer’ shootout move helps Oilers top Coyotes

In Major League 2, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn named his pitches: The Intimidator, The Eliminator and The Terminator.

It didn’t go well.

Edmonton Oilers forward Matt Hendricks has had much better luck since naming his go-to shootout move, "The Paralyzer."

The Paralyzer’s latest victim was Arizona Coyotes goalie Louis Domingue. Hendricks beat him on Saturday to help secure a 4-3 win for the Oilers.

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Despite mostly being a fourth-liner throughout his career, Hendricks has always been lethal on the shootout. He is now 2 for 3 this season and has 11 shootout goals in 24 career attempts (46%), despite only having 42 regular goals in 442 career NHL games.


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