Devan Dubnyk found himself in a precarious position for a goaltender: Flat on his stomach, without his stick, the puck just outside of his crease, his team clinging to a one-goal lead and an opponent skating in hard to fire a shot at him.
In the Goaltending 101 manual, this scenario falls under the chapter titled "Yikes!!!"
Dubnyk made the best split-second decision possible. He executed a flawless swan dive to smother the puck.
If this were the Olympics, judges would have awarded Dubnyk a perfect 10 for his dive in the final minutes of regulation that preserved a 2-1 victory for the Wild over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday.
"It kind of happens in slow motion," Dubnyk said. "Really just kind of throwing my hands at it."
Dubnyk had his hands all over the Wild's third consecutive victory that gave more life to a playoff chase.
Dubynk posted a season-high 38 saves, several with a high degree of difficulty, in a performance that was more than sensational.
It also was reminiscent of Devan Dubnyk circa 2015, the guy who arrived mid-season to rescue the Wild from an abyss.