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After the first five shooters failed in the tiebreaker, Kessel skated in on Henrik Lundqvist and fired a wrist shot under the crossbar. The former University of Minnesota star had four shootout winners as a rookie last season.  

"It was pretty much like last year," he said. "I didn't know what I was going to do until I was going in. I watched the first two (shooters) so I had an idea how he was playing."