Today In NHL History - Bieksa Saves And Scores

On February 4th in 2012, Vancouver Canucks blueliner Kevin Bieksa made a spectacular diving save to prevent an empty net goal by T.J. Galiardi with 48 seconds to play, then fired a stanchion-deflected puck past goalie Jean-Sebastien Gigeure 14 seconds later to tie the game.
A complete analysis of the stanchion-assisted effort, courtesy of The Province's The Legion of Blog, may be found here.

Bieksa's history with stanchion-deflected goals is well-documented, the most famous of which came in double overtime of Game 5 of the Western Conference Final eliminating the San Jose Sharks and advancing the Canucks to their first Stanley Cup Final in 17 years.

After a scoreless overtime, Mason Raymond collected the shootout's only goal to complete the Canucks unlikely 3-2 comeback against Colorado.

That's today in NHL History.