Juuso Saros was the Finnish name of the NHL round of the night. The Nashville guard stretched in front of the puck 64/67 times in the away win over Carolina. Seattle’s Eeli Tolvanen, Montreal’s Joel Armia and Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen managed to score.
In the ice hockey NHL, the Carolina Hurricanes hosted the Nashville Predators from Tennessee in Raleigh, North Carolina, who won 5–3.
Nashville’s goal was guarded by the club’s Finnish goalkeepers this time Juuse Saros, who made a whopping 64 saves during his 60-minute shift. At the same time, the Finn set a new club record with his tough saves.
There were no Finnish hits in the match, but half of the goals were scored by the Finns. Recorded an assist on Carolina’s opening goal Teuvo Teräväinen. From the Nashville side Juuso Pärssisen scored two service points and to Mikael Granlund one.
In the opening set of the match, Finns were also awarded penalties. The two-minute ones went to Nashville’s Granlund and Teräväinen and Carolina Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
Nashville has taken a point from their four straight games, but the win was their second in a row. Carolina lost for the second time in a row.
Seattle beat Toronto and the New York Rangers beat Montreal
The Seattle Kraken and the New York Rangers were away from the Canadian side and took decisive victories from their hosts. Seattle defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1, while New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–1.
Transferred to Seattle in the middle of the season Eeli Tolvanen scored his club’s opening goal against Toronto. The goal was Tolvanen’s second in the ranks of his new home club. He has been on league ice three times now with Seattle.
In the meeting between New York and Montreal, the net waved for its part Joel Armia, who scored the home team’s only hit. The success of the final set was Armia’s first goal of the season.
The victory was Seattle’s third in a row, while Toronto has lost two consecutive games. Montreal’s losing streak already stretched to the seventh game, when New York took its third consecutive victory.
Colorado star forward Mikko Rantanen scored his 26th goal of the season in the away game against Vancouver. Rantanen shot with superiority from Artturi Lehkonen’s layup to give Colorado a 1–0 lead in the opening set.
Vancouver eventually won the game with a three-goal streak in the second period, 4–2.
The results of the NHL round:
Toronto–Seattle 1–5 SEA: Tolvanen 1+0
Montreal–NY Rangers 1–4 MTL: Armia 1+0
Carolina–Nashville 3–5 CAR: Teräväinen 0+1 NSH: Pärssinen 0+2, Granlund 0+1, Saros 64/67 saves.
Columbus–Washington 2–6
New Jersey–St. Louis 3–5 NJD: Haula 0+1
Philadelphia–Arizona 6–2
Edmonton–NY Islanders 4–2
Vancouver–Colorado 4–2 COL: Rantanen 1+0, Lehkonen 0+1
Vegas–Pittsburgh 5–2
Los Angeles to Boston 2–5