In the hockey NHL, the Carolina Hurricanes got back on track Jesperi Kotkaniemi in the lead and beat the Winnipeg Jets 5–3 at home. Carolina had lost their previous two games without scoring a single goal.
Kotkaniemi, who recorded 2+1 performances, was chosen as the best player of the match.
Kotkaniemi scored his team’s 3-1 goal with an old-fashioned shot and shot a 5-3 shot into an empty goal. The 22-year-old Finnish striker got his assist point from a 2-1 lead, for which he was the second passer.
Kotkaniemi has totaled 33 (14+19) power points from 66 matches in the season.
– The most important thing is how you react when the opponent scores, the Carolina pilot Rod Brind’Amour summed up the plot of the match.
Saros led the meeting between the Finnish guards
The Finnish goaltenders met when the Nashville Predators hosted the Detroit Red Wings. Nashville took the win with a score of 2–1.
In the number of strikes in Nashville Juuse Saros more work was needed in the match. He blocked 28 of 29 shots against Detroit For Ville Husso saved 14/16.
Los Angeles was also inspired by the victory of the Finnish goalkeepers Joonas Korpisalowho made the save in a 5–2 home win over the New York Islanders.
The San Jose Sharks, who were in the rain of pucks Kaapo Kähkönen made 42/48 saves in a 5-6 overtime loss at Columbus. The Blue Jackets Patrick Laine recorded two assists in the match. Finland’s star striker initiated the overtime goal and was also the number one shooter in his team’s opening goal.
Laine is emboldened in the season’s 51 matches with 21+25=46 results.
Ylönen succeeded in the second game in a row
Montreal Canadiens Jesse Ylönen managed to score for the second game in a row as the Canadiens won a high-scoring away game against the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4.
Ylönen was responsible for Montreal’s 2-2 goal in the eighth minute of the opening set. The goal was the fourth of the season for the 23-year-old Finnish striker. Ylönen started the match as the Canadiens’ first baseman.
Maccelli and Välimäki effective
In addition to Kotkaniemi and Ylönen, the Finns got a taste of the goal in the round of 12 matches, but also the Arizona Coyotes Matias Maccelli.
The 22-year-old Finnish forward scored his sixth goal of the season in the home game against the Calgary Flames, when he gave his team a 2–1 lead. Maccelli was also involved in the game’s winning goal, when he started with a defender Juuso Välimäki with by Travis Boyd 4-3 overtime goal.
Välimäki, who recorded two assists in the second consecutive match, was also involved in the Coyotes’ 1–1 draw.
Heiskanen’s point streak is already eight games long
Among the Finnish winners of the round is also the star defenseman of the Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanenwho was involved in both of his team’s goals in the Vancouver game, which ended in a 2–5 away loss.
Heiskanen was the second pitcher of the Stars’ 1–2 reduction and the number one pitcher of the 2–3 superiority goal.
The 23-year-old star player got a taste of power points already in the eighth match in a row. He is becoming the most effective Finnish defender in almost 40 years.
Heiskanen, who is playing the best NHL season of his career, has now accumulated 10+46=56.
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The results of the NHL round:
Philadelphia to Vegas 3–5
New Jersey–Tampa Bay 1–4
NY Rangers–Washington 5 to 3
Carolina–Winnipeg 5 to 3 CAR: Kotkaniemi 2+1
Pittsburgh–Montreal 4–6 MTL: Ylönen 1+0
Nashville–Detroit 2–1 NSH: Saros 28/29 torj. DET: Husso 14/16 defense
Chicago–Boston 6–3
Edmonton–Ottawa 6–3
Vancouver–Dallas 5–2 DAL: Heiskanen 0+2
Arizona–Calgary and 4–3 ARI: Välimäki 0+2, Maccelli 1+1
San Jose–Columbus and 5–6 SJS: Kähkönen 42/48 torj. CBJ: Wave 0+2
Los Angeles–NY Islanders 5–2 LAK: Korpisalo 26/28 defense.