Leevi Meriläinen debuted in his home hall and broke Dallas’ winning streak. Finnish attackers Roope Hintz, Sebastian Aho and Kaapo Kakko were successful in their passes.
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In the hockey NHL, the Ottawa Senators beat the Dallas Stars at home 3–2. The first name of the match was Ottawa’s 22-year-old goalkeeper Leevi Meriläinenwho continued his great performances.
Against Dallas, Meriläinen stopped 24 shots. At the same time, Dallas’ seven-game winning streak ended.
In the previous match, Kärppien’s team saved a clean sheet. The comments of Meriläinen, who made his debut in his home hall, were wanted after the match.
– It even feels better to finally play at home and win here. Naturally, the fans were on our side. Playing was fun, commented Meriläinen, who was awarded as the first player of the match.
The Oulu native started the season in the AHL team Belleville Senators, but Ottawa’s first goalie Linus Ullmark’s the injury opened up a screen spot for Meriläinen. Meriläinen has played six games in the NHL this season.
– He is really calm and gives us confidence. He made huge saves in the previous game against Pittsburgh as well — ones where he didn’t even see the puck. He has played brilliantly and I am happy for him, Ottawa forward Tim Stützle described Merilää.
Dallas Roope Hintz got an assist on his team’s opening goal. Other Finns in Dallas Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell and Ottawa Nikolas Matipalo missed points in the match.
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost at home to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–5. of Pittsburgh Jesse Puljujärvi played a good 11 minutes in the match, received a two-minute penalty for blocking and was left with no points.
Overtime loss for Carolina
The Carolina Hurricanes had hosted the Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim led the match 2–0 until Carolina managed to equalize in the final set. Cutter Gauthier eventually decided a 3–2 overtime win for Anaheim.
Carolina Sebastian Aho assisted his team’s first goal.
Detroit Red Wings beat Seattle Kraken 6–2. The home team Detroit immediately took the guesswork out of Seattle by running away to a 4-0 lead in the opening set.
In the second period, Detroit increased its lead with two more goals before Seattle succeeded in narrowing it down.
Seattle in the final Matty Beniers completed the final readings, and the Finnish striker Kaapo Kako got an assist on Beniers’ hit. Kako’s performances this season are now 7+15.
Detroit–Seattle 6–2
S: Kaapo Kakko 0+1
Pittsburgh–Tampa Bay 2–5
Carolina–Anaheim 2–3 and.
CA: Sebastian Aho 0+1
Ottawa–Dallas 3–2
OT: Meriläinen 24 saves
DAL: Roope Hintz 0+1
Vegas-Minnesota 4-1