That's exactly what happened to Pittsburgh Penguins forward Danton Heinen in a game against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Monday.
Heinen corralled a puck and shot what he thought was going to be a goal, trying to go bar down and in. Instead, nope.
And it didn't even hit the crossbar and come out [that would have been painful enough], instead it hit the crossbar then the right post and harmlessly trickled away as if it never had a chance.
Canadiens goalie Sam Montembeault wasn't just blessed by the post on the play, he was blessed by two.