 In the final minute of play , with Phil Esposito , Yvan Cournoyer and Peter Mahovlich out on the ice , Paul Henderson stood up at the bench and called Mahovlich off the ice as he was skating by . " I jumped on the ice and rushed straight for their net . I had this strange feeling that I could score the winning goal " , recalls Henderson . Bobby Clarke was supposed to replace Esposito , but Phil didn 't come off ( " There was no way I was coming off the ice in that situation " Esposito said ) . Cournoyer picked up a puck that had been passed around the boards by the Soviets in a clearing attempt . He missed Henderson with a pass , but two Soviets mishandled the puck in the corner and Esposito shot the puck on Tretiak . 
