In addition to Granlund, Finns Roope Hintz, Joel Kiviranta and Juuso Pärssinen also managed to score in the night’s NHL round.
Finnish forward of San Jose Sharks Mikael Granlund was the hot name of the night’s NHL round.
Granlund settled the game that went into overtime against the Detroit Red Wings by Fabian Zetterlund from a cross pass at the end of a handsome counterattack. Detroit’s Finnish goalkeeper Ville Husso came second in the situation.
The match ended 6–5.
In addition to the goal, the Finn, who was chosen as the number one star of the match, recorded two assists and reached the respectable 500 power point mark in the NHL.
Granlund, who is blazing hot, has scored 3+9=12 in the last seven matches. Granlund has been the fifth most effective NHL player in the last two weeks.
After a goalless opening set, no fewer than eight goals were scored in the second period, which is a record for the current season.
Detroit, ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, first took a 4-0 lead in less than five minutes, but San Jose rallied Tomas HertlinZetterlund and twice painted Nico Sturm’s with hits.
In the third set Dylan Larkin gave Detroit the lead again, but Hertl tied the game and sent it into overtime.
Sitting at the bottom of the league after a weak start to the season, San Jose has shown signs of improvement, winning five of its last seven games. In the previous match against the New York Islanders, it went from a 1-4 loss to a win.
The team made club history, as it has not previously gone from a loss of more than three goals to a win in two consecutive matches.
Detroit goalkeeper Husso made 30 saves in the match. Kaapo Kähkönen was traded to the Sharks goal in the second period after the Detroit Crush and he stretched into the path of the puck ten times.
A superstar who recently moved to Detroit Patrick Kane played for the first time this season after recovering from hip surgery. He clocked 16 minutes of ice time and made three shots.
Hintz effective
The second Finnish name of the round was Roope Hintzwhose team the Dallas Stars beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 after a shootout.
Hintz struck out twice in the third inning of the match. First, he brought his team to a 3-3 draw with superiority by directing by Jason Robertson shot on goal.
A good ten minutes later, Hintz equalized again, this time with a wrist shot to make it 4–4.
Jason Robertson scored the only and decisive goal in the shootout.
of Washington Dylan Strome collected 2+0 results from the match like Hintz.
Hintz was chosen as the second star of the match before Aleksandr Ovechkin, whose powers were 0+1. At the same time, the Russian hero reached 1,500 power points in the NHL as the 16th player of all time. Dallas Miro Heiskanen got one assist.
Among the other Finns who scored a goal in the night round were Nashville Juuso Pärssinen and Colorado Joel Kiviranta.
Pärssinen scored his team’s opening goal as Nashville defeated Tampa Bay 5–1. With the goal of Nashville Juuse Saros surrendered only once. The Finnish goalkeeper, chosen as the second star of the match, has won seven of his last eight matches.
Kiviranta was responsible for Colorado’s last hit, when the champion of the second season lost to the Winnipeg Jets 2-4.
NHL standings (teletext).
Corrected story at 8:56 a.m.: Ovechkin scored 0+1, not 2+0, as previously written.