Kaapo Kakko was the brightest Finnish star in last night’s NHL round. Kakko finished the New York Rangers’ 3–1 goal and scored the final score of the match 7–1.
Vilma Ahosola,
STT Sports
Played as the only Finnish reinforcement in the ice hockey NHL in the New York Rangers shirt Kaapo Kako propelled his visiting team to a crushing 7–1 win over the host Chicago Blackhawks.
The second scored his team’s third goal in the last minute of the first period. In addition, he got a power point at the end of the third period Jonny Brodzinski from scoring a 7–1 goal.
Chicago’s only goal in the match was scored by a Swiss Philip Kurashev at the beginning of the second period.
The New York Rangers are on a blazing hot winning streak, as the away game played on Sunday local time was already the team’s seventh consecutive win. The team’s previous loss was against the Chicago Blackhawks at the beginning of December.
Kakko has played a total of 33 games this NHL season, in which he has scored eight goals and six assists.
Carolina to a narrow victory
Sebastian Ahoa was not yet seen on the ice in the ranks of the Carolina Hurricanes, when the team won by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins with a score of 3–2.
The first two sets of the match were evenly matched, ending with 0–0 and 1–1 draws. Carolina’s American striker scored the opening goal at the beginning of the second period Derek Stepanthe equalizer late in the set by Pittsburgh’s Swede Rickard Rakell.
The match already seemed to end in Carolina’s defeat, when Kasperi Kapanen bait by Brock McGinn scored a 1–2 lead goal at the beginning of the third period.
Towards the end of the match, however, a complete turnaround was experienced, when Carolina first equalized and then took the lead against the American Brady Skjein and Canadian By Jordan Staal with scored goals.
Kapanen has accumulated five goals and now eight assists in 22 matches. After his hat-trick, Kapanen hasn’t scored in six straight games. The other Finnish players in the match had played in Carolina’s shirt Teuvo Teräväinen and Jesperi Kotkaniemiwho missed points.
Suffering from a lower body injury, Aho last played on December 6. The Finn, who has played 26 matches so far this season, has 11 goals and 16 assists.
Carolina’s goal in Saturday’s victorious 5–4 game against the Dallas Stars Antti Raanta warmed the bench this time.
Minnesota Wild–Ottawa Senators 4–2
Carolina Hurricanes–Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2
Pittsburgh Kapanen 0+1
Chicago Blackhawks–New York Rangers 1–7
Rangers Second 1+1
Seattle Kraken–Winnipeg Jets 3–2
San Jose Sharks–Calgary Flames 2–5