Even the reason James Wisniewski gave for his decisive shootout goal was as far-fetched as the defenseman being called upon by Coach Randy Carlyle for his first-ever attempt when it reached the seventh round.
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"My gloves get real sticky when they start getting wet so they don't slide on my stick," Wisniewski said. "Right before the shootout, I told Sluggo (equipment manager Doug Shearer) baby powder because baby powder makes the gloves slide. He looked at me like 'C'mon. Let's get real here.'

"So the fifth or sixth round comes and I'm like, 'Give me the baby powder. You never know.' I put it on. Randy's like, 'Wiz, you're up.' I went in there and pulled one out of my treasure chest and it went in."