NHL playoffs 2017: Senators' Mark Stone lays huge hit on Bruins' Dominic Moore

Dave DeLuca

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We have an early candidate for the best hit of the 2017 NHL playoffs.

Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Stone laid the boom on Boston Bruins forward Dominic Moore in open ice during Game 1 of the teams' Eastern Conference playoff series.

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Watch Moore get stopped dead in his tracks by Stone after a nifty deke in front of the net.

Now that's playoff hockey at its finest.

Dave DeLuca

Dave DeLuca is an intern at Sporting News and a recent graduate of Buffalo State. He's a former intern and digital editor at The Buffalo News and executive editor of The Record, Buffalo State's student-run newspaper.