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.
Boom. That Mark Stone hit on Dominic Moore. pic.twitter.com/G9alr1GBwI
— Brian Platt (@btaplatt) April 13, 2017
Now that's playoff hockey at its finest.