St. Louis ’No. 1 goalkeeper Jordan Binnington was already injured in the opening round. Emotions went hot at the post-match press conference.
22.5. 07:43 • Updated May 22nd. 08:03
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Artturi Lehkonen He scored two goals when the Colorado Avalanche he represented took his second win from St. Louis in the second round of the NHL playoffs. Avalanche won 5-2 and took the 2-1 lead in the match series.
Lehkonen’s first goal was scored towards the end of the second batch. Nazem Kadri got a counterattack behind their own goal and immediately set off their counterattack today. He served to Lehkonen, who pinched the left side and finally shot the Finnish guard past the puck himself Ville Husson.
Lehkonen scored his second goal less than a minute before the final buzzer. The Finnish striker has now scored four goals in the playoffs.
The Finns of Colorado were strongly involved in the goals of their team, for Mikko Rantanen served the feed for Kadri’s 2-1 hit and Gabriel Landeskogin 4-4 goals for the match. St. Louis got a hand on the spot and Husso didn’t have a chance.
Emotions went hot
Finnish goalkeeper Ville Husso unexpectedly got responsibility for the fight with the St. Louis goal when Jordan Binnington already injured in the opening round. Kadri, Colorado, drove to the finish line and crashed into Binnington along with a St. Louis defender Calle Rosen with.
Binnington had less than seven minutes to play. 19 fights were recorded for Husso. In the post-match press conference, emotions went hot and the other way around.
Avalanche pilot Jared Bednar for his part, he defended himself and called for regret.
– Reputation has nothing to do with it, Bednar said instead.
In the playoffs last spring, Kadri was sentenced to eight-game disqualification for tackling Blues defender Justin Faulkia. Kadri has also suffered from a long ban from playing in the past.
The Canadian striker, meanwhile, claimed Binnington threw him a bottle of water in the head after the match. According to Binnington, the incident happened while he was giving an interview.
– I think it was Binnington, but there was a bit of a situation on it, so I’m not sure. It remains to be asked.
Binnington was not the only player injured in the match. Also a Colorado defender Samuel Girard was injured in the opening batch after freezing Ivan Barbashjovin under the roller, and was taken to hospital for further examination. Avalanche later reported that Girard’s sternum was fractured and his season is over. (switch to another service)
No penalties were imposed for either situation.
The teams will next meet Finnish time the night before Tuesday. The Avalanche won the opening overtime in the playoffs 3-2 and St. Louis 4-1 in the second bout.