The Dallas Stars visited the Arizona Coyotes in the NHL round last night. Stars, strongly represented by Finns, claimed a 4–2 victory at Mullett Arena.
Dallas’ 34-year-old captain Jamie Benn started the match’s scoring in the first period. With his goal, Benn continued his streak of six games.
The home team Clayton Keller leveled the match before the end of the first period with an accurate shot from a small angle.
In the second round Tyler Seguin hit the away team. In the seventh minute of the final game, Arizona Nick Bjugstad tied Arizona for 18th of the season with his hit.
A few minutes later, Dallas’ Finnish star Miro Heiskanen was able to score the winning goal of the match 3–2 to his heart’s content. Matt Duchene first turned the puck from Dallas’ attack corner towards Arizona’s goal line, from where the puck continued its journey through Seguin to Heiskanen.
The entire Arizona five watched in amazement as the 24-year-old Finn shot past the puck Connor Ingram. Judging by his gestures, the Canadian keeper was not at all satisfied with the performance of his field players in the situation.
– It was a lucky bounce in the middle, and I just tried to get it through, Heiskanen said of his goal on the NHL website.
Dallas also praised Heiskanen’s goal on social media.
Duchene finished the match Final scores 4–2- an empty net.
Arizona coach Andre Tourigny was very disappointed with the outcome of the match.
– I like our company, I like our fight, I like our performance, but I hate the result. I hope our players have something to show for it. It’s frustrating, Tourigny said.
The Stars want third place in the Western Conference. Arizona is 13th in the same conference.
Zero game for Kähkös
New Jersey Devils Kaapo Kähkönen blanked the home team New York Islanders 4-0. Kähkönen blocked all 36 shots in the win.
The win was Kähkönen’s first in a New Jersey jersey since the beginning of March, when he transferred to the team from the San Jose Sharks. It was also the first time this season that the Devils kept a clean sheet in the match.
of New Jersey Erik Haula also assisted one goal in the win.
– I felt good the whole evening, Kähkönen commented on the NHL website.
According to Kähkönen, the goalkeeper must feel calm even when the team takes penalties, and he must show his calmness and sharpness to the team in every match.
– It paid off tonight. We did good teamwork, Kähkönen stated.
The Devils and Islanders are ranked 10th (Islanders) and 11th (Devils) back-to-back in the Eastern Conference.
Puljujärvi’s second hit of the season
The Pittsburgh Penguins made a clear mark on the Colorado Avalanche late Sunday night.
The Penguins already led their away match 4–0 in the middle of the match. Colorado fought hard to get even and finally won.
Every Pittsburgh goal involved a skipper Sidney Crosby power 1+3.
Jesse Puljujärvi was responsible for the Penguins’ opening goal. He ran the puck off Crosby’s knuckleball into the Colorado Avalanche’s goal in the opening set.
Puljujärvi has now scored 2+0 in its 13th match of the season.
Valtteri Puustinen got an assist for Crosby’s 3–0 goal. The Canadian captain’s guidance was beautiful to watch.
– Crosby showed why he is still the best. He dominated us tonight, especially our court, Colorado Nathan MacKinnon said in the post-match interview.
Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan in turn mother praised From the tree.
– The biggest factor is his self-confidence. He believes he can play in this league and be an NHL player. He has proven it.
Puustinen has collected 17 points in 40 games this season.
When the second set had been played at 4:05 p.m., Colorado’s streak began. First you painted Sean Walker and again at the end of the second term Jakov Trenin. When Colorado Jonathan Drouin hit at the start of the three-set, Pittsburgh switched goaltenders. Alex Nedeljkovic was allowed to make room Tristan for Jarry.
Even that didn’t help until the end, when MacKinnon equalized five minutes before the end. In the end, Drouin scored his second goal of the evening in overtime and gave Colorado a 5–4 victory.
Colorado is second in the Western Conference, just one point behind Vancouver.
Pittsburgh already fell from last to last in the Metropolitan division. Only Columbus is behind and the trip to the playoffs is already nine points.
50 goals for Reinhart
The Florida Panthers took a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL round of the night.
The Finnish lapteen of the panther pack Alexander Barkov was sidelined for the match due to injury. Eetu Luostarinen and Anton Lundell preyed on the assists in the victory.
A 28-year-old canuck from Florida Sam Reinhart celebrated the 50-goal mark for the first time in his career in the NHL, when the forward completed two goals in the match.
Earlier in his career, the Canadian has been a consistent scorer of 20–30 goals.
– That is a rare thing in a player’s career. That number of goals puts you in the elite class. Scorers of 50 goals are superstars. We are just lucky to have him, the coach of the team Paul Maurice said in an NHL interview.
The gambler himself never expected to break the 50 goal mark.
– Very cool. That’s a number I’ve never really thought about.
Reinhart has scored a total of 83 power points (50+33) in 71 matches this season.
Washington Capitals – Winnipeg Jets 3–0
Colorado Avalanche – Pittsburgh Penguins and. 5 to 4
(PIT: Puljujärvi 1+0, Puustinen 0+1)
NY Islanders – New Jersey Devils 0-4
(NJD: Haula 0+1, Kähkönen 36/36 saves)
Philadelphia Flyers – Florida Panthers 1-4
(FLA: Lundell 0+1, Luostarinen 0+1)
Carolina Hurricanes – Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1
(CAR: Aho 1+0)
Ottawa Senators – Edmonton Oilers 5-3
(OTT: Korpisalo 33/36 torj.)
Arizona Coyotes – Dallas Stars 2-4
(DAL: Heiskanen 1+0)
Anaheim Ducks – Tampa Bay Lighting and. 2–3
Calgary Flames – Buffalo Sabers 1-4
(BUF: Luukkonen 0+1 and 32/33 saves)
Seattle Kraken – Montreal Canadiens 1-5
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Story edited at 9:14 am. Added a feature on the Florida Panthers and Sam Reinhart. Reinhart’s comment added at 9:45.