Watch: Matt Duchene scores cool between-the-legs goal

Dallas Stars forward Matt Duchene. John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images

Watch: Stars' Matt Duchene scores incredible between-the-legs goal

By Adam Gretz | Last updated Jan 14, 2025 9:26 PM ET

Dallas Stars forward Matt Duchene has scored a lot of goals in his NHL career. He has scored 358 of them to be exact, thanks to his early third-period goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

That goal was also one of the prettiest goals he has ever scored, successfully pulling off an incredible shot between his legs right in front of the Toronto net.

Have a look.

MATT DUCHENE BETWEEN-THE-LEGS GOAL ALERT pic.twitter.com/gVG2onEaVg
— NHL (@NHL) January 15, 2025

That is an incredibly difficult move to pull off in such tight spaces, and he made it look easy.

The Stars are one of the best teams in the NHL, and after making the Western Conference Final in each of the past two seasons, they are a Stanley Cup contender once again this season. Duchene is a big part of that. The Stars have elite top-line, homegrown players throughout their lineup (including forwards Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz, as well as defenseman Miro Heiskanen and goalie Jake Oettinger), but have also done a tremendous job filling in around them with veteran additions.

Duchene has been one of the best of those additions in recent years.

This is his second year with the Stars, and he has already scored 42 goals in 123 games with the team. He has done so on a bargain contract that is paying him just $3 million this season, matching his salary from a year ago.

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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