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Originally Posted by GFG#1
Sportsnet was just dying for a reason to talk about McDavid, sure he scored a huge goal, but Binnington was the Hero and should have been given player of the game. McDavid didn't decide to show up until they were playing OT. Even then he just got lucky that Matthews blew his coverage completely.
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He not just scored the goal, but won the face off and kept the puck in the zone.
The MVP is voted on with 10 minutes to go in the third period. Voters are given the option of selecting whomever scores the OT goal. Hard to not make that choice, when Binnington wasn't an obvious choice at that time.