See Linus Karlsson’s first NHL goal in his career in the video player above.
But it was another Swede who gave Vancouver the lead. Elias Pettersson stood for one of the assists up to Nils Höglander who dribbled by and sniffed in 1-0. Then Nashville acknowledged before it was time for Karlsson to step forward.
Karlsson stayed at the far post and steered in 2-1.
– It was cool! I’ve been waiting for this. I got a good pass and it was really nice to see it go in, he says on the club’s social media.
Pius Suter then set 3-1 in the third period, the final goal of the match.
For Linus Karlsson, this was the first goal in the NHL. 2021–2022 he left Skellefteå AIK and the Swedish ice hockey. Since then, it has mainly become games with Abbotsford Canucks in the AHL.