Andrei Vasilevskiy made a mind-blowing save for the Lightning with just the handle of his stick

This save from Andrei Vasilevskiy is surely going to give Kirby Dach nightmares.

During the first period of Sunday’s game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks, Vasilevskiy pulled out all the stops to keep Dach from scoring on a gaping wide open net. With the Lightning defense collapsed, the Blackhawks took advantage of a rare miscue from the usually stout Tampa Bay blueline. Brandon Hagel fed a great pass between the sliding Lightning defenders right to Dach, who had so much wide open space in front of him as he one-touched the puck to the net.

However, Vasilevskiy slid over just in time to knock the puck away with the handle of his stick, fully stretching out into the splits to bat it out of harm’s way with about an inch of wood. Seriously, this is a save of the year candidate if we’ve ever seen one.

Talk about a brilliant move from Vasilevskiy to keep Dach from the back of the net. Vasilevskiy’s one of the best netminders in the NHL and he showed us why with this ridiculous save.