The Finnish defenders were in a good mood during the night’s NHL round.
Joel Sippola,
STT Sports
Dallas’ Finnish defender Miro Heiskanen made club history against Pittsburgh when he extended his streak to 12 games. It is the club’s longest point streak by a defender.
The previous club record was held Craig Hartsburg For 37 years. Heiskanen got an assist Joe Pavelski to make it 2–1 as the Stars beat Pittsburgh 3–2.
Roope Hintz was responsible for Dallas’ opening goal on a drive through. Hintz has made 33+34=67 and Heiskanen 11+51=62 this season.
Heiskanen also achieved a second goal in the match. Heiskanen, who made 51 goal assists this season, rose to shared second place in the single-season assist statistics of Finnish defenders Pekka Rautakallion with. The single-season assists record for Finnish defenders is Reijo Ruotsalainen 53 passes from 40 years ago.
Earlier this week, Heiskas became the fourth Finnish defender of all time to break the 60-point mark.
Esa Lindell, Joel Kiviranta and Jani Hakanpää missed points in the match. Pittsburgh too Mikael Granlund remained without effects.
Dallas, which is playing a strong season, is at the peak of the central division.
Ristolainen’s third goal of the season
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen scored his third goal of the season with a power play against Minnesota. Ristolainen was furious at the feeling of the blue line. The Flyers took a home win from Minnesota at the end of the winning goal race with a score of 5–4.
Ristolainen has collected 15 points this season.
Among the Finns, Carolina was also successful in scoring Sebastian Aho, who scored Carolina’s only goal in a 1–2 loss against the New York Rangers. Aho has scored 31 goals and 59 points with this.
About other Finns in Carolina Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Teuvo Teräväinen and Jesse Puljujärvi missed points. Keeper Antti Raanta still recovering from a groin injury.
Rangers Kaapo Kako and Niko Mikkola did not reach the points.
The Nashville Predators beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 in a shootout. Nashville Matt Duchene and Philip Tomasino succeeded in the winning shootout and also the goalkeeper Juuse Saros scored his goals.
In regulation time, Seattle took the lead in the opening set by Daniel Sprong finish and Nashville Kiefer Sherwood equalized in the second set.
Transferred from Nashville to Seattle mid-season Eeli Tolvanen did not reach the power points in the match. Nashville’s Saros made 27 saves in the match.
The win meant that Nashville is still in the battle for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, along with the Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames.
NHL results 24.3.
Philadelphia-Minnesota vl. 5 to 4
P: Rasmus Ristolainen 1+0.
Washington-Chicago 6–1
Boston-Montreal 4–2
Carolina-NY Rangers 1–2
C: Sebastian Aho 1+0.
Ottawa-Tampa Bay 7–2
Florida-Toronto 2–6
F: Aleksander Barkov 0+1.
Detroit-St. Louis 3–4
Nashville-Seattle vl. 2–1
N: Juuse Saros 27/28 saves.
Calgary-Las Vegas 2-3
Dallas-Pittsburgh 3–2
D: Roope Hintz 1+0, Miro Heiskanen 0+1.
Vancouver-San Jose 7–2
Anaheim-Winnipeg 2-3
Updated 9.15: Added the night’s results in full.