How Canucks Quinn Hughes Scored A Goal Against The Maple Leafs Without Recording A Shot On Net

Quinn Hughes recorded one of the more bizarre stat lines on Saturday night. The Vancouver Canucks captain scored a goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs yet finished the night with zero shots on net. At first glance, this stat line doesn’t make a lot of sense, which is why an explanation as to what happened on the play is needed.

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Before diving into the play itself, Hughes’ ninth of the season was categorized as an own goal. This is not the first time someone from Vancouver has scored an own goal, with Conor Garland registering one on November 7 in a game against the L.A. Kings. Own goals also have an extra level of confusion, as they aren’t yet tracked on the NHL stats page. This means there is no category currently showing who leads the league in own goals.

Unlike soccer, own goals are not credited to the player who put the puck into their own net. Instead, the player who the NHL deems last touched the puck is credited with a goal. While the concept of own goals is not new, labelling the tallies as own goals is, which is why there is some confusion when it is listed on a game sheet.

In the case of Hughes, he was credited with an own goal at 18:12 of the second period. On the play, Hughes took a shot from the point and into a crowd of players. The puck then hit Conor Timmins’ stick, changed direction and somehow beat Dennis Hildeby. Since Hughes was the last Canucks player to touch the puck, he was credited with the tallie, which was then labelled an own goal.

To make this situation even more confusing, despite the puck hitting Timmins, he was not credited with a blocked shot on the play. The Maple Leafs defenceman finished the night with three blocked shots, which are all accounted for on the official play-by-play sheet. While Timmins didn’t technically block the shot as it ended up in the net, it is clear that he at least tipped it, which should count for at least something on the stat sheet.

In the end, all that matters is that Hughes found the back of the net and helped Vancouver to a 3-0 win over Toronto. Yes, it is just the second game this season where Hughes hasn’t recorded a shot on goal, but he did make up for it by finishing with a two-point night. That being said, it is a fun note from this game, as players rarely end nights with a goal and zero recorded shots on net.

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