Jesse Puljujärvi made his debut in the Pittsburgh Penguins jersey. Mikko Rantanen and Sebastian Aho managed to score.
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Colorado Avalanche forward Artturi Lehkonen recorded his first power point since his injury in November when he put in a strong foreplay Cale Makarin In a 3–2 tie against the New Jersey Devils.
The Devils match was Lehkonen’s fourth since the injury on November 9.
Lehkonen surprised behind the goal By Luke Hughespassed the puck in front of the goal and tackled Hughes while Makar quickly moved the puck in from the front corner.
New Jersey escaped from a 3–3 situation in the third set to a 5–3 victory. Erik Haula hit the Final readings into an empty target.
In addition to Lehkonen, Colorado scored points Mikko Rantanen, who gave Colorado a 1–0 lead with his wrist shot. The hit was Rantanen’s 28th of the season. The most efficient Finn in the Taalaliiga is ranked seventh in the NHL’s point exchange with 28+39=67 points.
– We didn’t do enough work in the attacking game to score the goals we needed. And defensively, we didn’t do enough to stop the opponent’s game, Colorado head coach Jared Bednar said.
Goal for Aho, assist for Teräväinen
The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Carolina Hurricanes despite the Finns’ good performances. Vancouver won the match 3–2.
Carolina Teuvo Teräväinen assisted on his team’s first goal as the Hurricanes went Jordan Martin too with a goal to lead 1–0.
Sebastian Aho, on the other hand, helped Carolina by equalizing the situation to 2–2, after a good 18 minutes of the second period had been played.
However, Aho’s equalizer was Carolina’s last hit, and Vancouver’s JT Miller completed his team’s winning goal at the beginning of the third period.
The Buffalo Sabers fell in their home court at the hands of the Dallas Stars. The Texan visitors took the victory with a score of 2-1. Buffalo’s goal was guarded Ukko-Pekka Luukkonenwho made a total of 28 saves.
Dallas goal Jake Oettinger in turn blocked a whopping 47 shots. Dallas’ Finnish players Roope Hintz, Jani Hakanpää, Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell fell short of power points despite Dallas’ success.
Puljujärvi debuted in penguin clothes
Just signed a two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins Jesse Puljujärvi skated on Tuesday night for the first time on NHL ice with his new penguin family. However, Puljujärvi, who played for less than ten minutes on the rink against the Winnipeg Jets, failed to score in his Penguins debut.
The absolute hero of the evening was the Penguins goalkeeper Tristan Jarry, who already played his sixth clean sheet of the season on Tuesday. Jarry is in the lead in the statistics of goalkeepers this season in zero games. Buffalo’s Luukkonen is tied for fourth place on the same list with three clean sheets.
Pittsburgh won 3-0. He scored the opening goal in the first period Kris Letangand the latter two came in the second set with the upper hand Jeff Carter’s and Bryan Rustin from pallets.
Puljujärvi got from the one who played as his chain friend From Lars Eller after the match, a trophy helmet on his head in honor of his first match.
Boston-Calgary 1-4 (0-2, 0-0, 1-2)
Buffalo-Dallas 1-2 (0-1, 1-1, 0-0)
B: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 28/30 saves.
Carolina-Vancouver 3-2 (1-1, 1-1, 0-1)
C: Sebastian Aho 1+0, Teuvo Teräväinen 0+1.
Florida-Philadelphia 1-2 (1-0, 0-1, 0-1)
Pittsburgh-Winnipeg 3-0 (1-0, 2-0, 0-0)
Washington-Montreal 1-5 (0-3, 1-0, 1-2)
New Jersey-Colorado 5-3 (1-1, 2-0, 2-2)
N: Erik Haula 1+1.
C: Mikko Rantanen 1+0, Artturi Lehkonen 0+1, Justus Annunen 26/30 saves.
Las Vegas – Edmonton 3-1 (1-1, 0-0, 3-1)