Dallas’ Jani Hakanpää was marked as the second pitcher for his team’s only goal. Detroit’s captain was injured in an ominous situation.
Juuso Koskinen,
STT Sports
The NHL night of the 12th game between Saturday and Sunday was quiet for Finns.
In the match that ended in Finnish time already on Saturday, the Boston Bruins beat the Arizona Coyotes at home with a score of 5–3. of Arizona Juuso Välimäki and Matias Maccelli did not manage to help their team to an away victory, although they both got assists in the match.
Maccelli in particular has been particularly effective against the Boston team in his NHL career. The power point was the fifth for the Finn in four games against the Bruins.
Korpisalo denied Ottawa a rare away win
The point jumbo of the Eastern Conference, the Ottawa Senators managed to capture a rare away victory over the Detroit Red Wings with a score of 5–1.
With the goal of the Senators Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves. Detroit, who played only his second game after hip surgery in the summer Patrick Kane was the only player to pass Korpisalo. Kane’s 1-1 equalizer came in the first period.
In the first period of the match, a bad-looking situation happened, when the Senators Mathieu Joseph executed by the Red Wings captain by Dylan Larkin in front of the goal. Injured, Larkin was left lying unconscious on the surface of the ice. According to the Red Wings, Larkin’s health is being investigated.
In an interview after the game, Korpisalo said that he did not see the situation himself because he was on the ground.
– I finally saw him motionless. Of course, you never want to see that. It was a pretty scary situation and I hope he’s okay, Korpisalo said, according to the NHL website.
With Larkin lying motionless on the ice, Detroit David Perron slipped and hit the fallen Ottawa on top of Larkin Artyom Zubia with a cross stick to the head. Perron received a match penalty for his seizure, Joseph survived with a two-minute violence suspension.
For Korpisalo, the win was the 100th regular season game of his career. The Finnish player who played 235 NHL games said that he completely forgot about it.
– It took a while to get here, but it’s pretty great. I hope there will be many more of these, Korpisalo said after the game.
Having played 22 games this season, the Senators have won exactly half of their games.
It was the turn of the Finnish guards of the Nashville Predators this time Kevin Lankinen in an away game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Lankinen was passed three times in the match. of Toronto Noah Gregor completed the 4–0 final scores with an empty net.
Lankinen collected 33 saves in the match.
The Russian goalkeeper from Toronto, who played his first clean sheet of the season, had an easier time Ilya Samsonovwho made only 18 saves.
Hintz of Dallas sick
The Dallas Stars suffered a clear 1-6 loss at home to the league’s reigning champion Vegas Golden Knights.
Dallas’ Finnish defender Jani Hakanpää was tagged as the second pitcher for his team’s only goal. The assist point was Hakanpää’s fourth of the season.
Dallas Miro Heiskanen played about 23 minutes in the match and Esa Lindell just under 20 minutes.
The Finnish forward of the Texas team Roope Hintz did not play in the match due to illness, Stars said on the X message service.
Vegas, which is at the top of the Western Conference, has won 18 of its 28 games this season.
Tolvanen scored Seattle’s opening goal
The Seattle Kraken lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning at home after overtime with 3-4 goals. Eeli Tolvanen started with Oliver Björkstrand’s Kraken’s opening goal through the crossbar. The hit marked the 300th power point of the Danish forward’s NHL career.
The superiority of the Buffalo Sabers and Montreal Canadiens was sought after the regular game ended in a 2-2 score with winning shots.
Canadiens Jesse Ylönen made one of his team’s three game-winning shots in a win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Montreal’s second Finnish forward Joel Armia played about a quarter of an hour, and Buffalo’s only Finnish player Henri Jokiharju was seen on the ice for a little over 20 minutes.
Boston-Arizona 5-3 (2-0, 2-2, 1-1)
A: Matias Maccelli 0+1, Juuso Välimäki 0+1.
Calgary-New Jersey 2-4 (1-0, 0-2, 1-2)
Dallas-Las Vegas 1-6 (1-3, 0-1, 0-2)
D: Jani Hakanpää 0+1.
Buffalo-Montreal vl. 2-3 (0-0, 0-2, 2-0, 0-0, 0-1)
Detroit-Ottawa 1-5 (1-1, 0-3, 0-1)
O: Joonas Korpisalo 30/31 saves.
Toronto-Nashville 4-0 (0-0, 2-0, 2-0)
N: Kevin Lankinen 33/36 saves.
Washington-NY Rangers 4-0 (1-0, 3-0, 0-0)
NY Islanders-Los Angeles and. 3-2 (0-0, 0-2, 2-0, 1-0)
Chicago-St. Louis 3-1 (2-0, 1-0, 0-1)
Colorado-Philadelphia 2-5 (1-1, 1-2, 0-2)
Seattle-Tampa Bay and. 3-4 (0-2, 2-0, 1-1, 0-1)
S: Eeli Tolvanen 0+1.
Vancouver-Carolina 4-3 (1-0, 2-2, 1-1)
C: Antti Raanta made 20/24 saves.