Jesse Puljujärvi will start the NHL season alongside Lars Eller – Brad Lambert to the farm | Sports in a nutshell

Jesse Puljujärvi has been the Pittsburgh Penguins’ best scorer in practice games.

Jesse Puljujärvi practiced in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ three-point chain based on Monday’s on-ice practice. The second Finn in the team Valtteri Puustinen instead skated as an extra forward.

This suggests that Pulju would appear in a familiar, already good result in practice games by Lars Eller and by Rutger McGroarty in the offensive line-up formed when Pittsburgh faces the NY Rangers at home on Thursday morning in their NHL season opener.

On Friday, Pittsburgh plays a back-to-back game, visiting Detroit.

Puljujärvi has recorded a score of 4+4 in four training games. The Finn has been in practice matches by Mike Sullivan the best scorer in the shelters.

Pittsburgh’s second guard has become Joel Blomqvist22. Suomalaisvahti replaces the injured one during the training season Alex Nedeljkovic. Tristan Jarry is basically now the first molar of the Penguins.

Blomqvist is a 2020 second-round NHL pick who was named to the AHL All-Star Game last season. Last season in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, he saved pucks with a save percentage of 92.1. In Finland, Blomqvist last played in Kärpi in the 2022–23 season.

The Winnipeg Jets passed on a young Finnish forward by Brad Lambert20, to the AHL and the Manitoba Moose. In four practice games, Lambert scored 1+2=3.

Last season, Lambert made his debut in one NHL game, where he recorded one assist in the statistics. In the farm series, in Manitoba, the Pelicans raised their balance in the 66 games they played, qualifying points 21+35=56.

The Jets have a Finnish forward in their ranks Rasmus Kupari and the goalkeeper Kaapo Kähkönen.