Sebastian Aho became the player with the most winning goals in Carolina’s club history. Mikael Granlund completes 400 assists in the NHL.
Jaakko Servo,
STT Sports
Ice hockey series In the night round of the NHL, the Finns reached two power points Sebastian Aho, Mikael Granlund and Roope Hintz.
The Carolina Hurricanes represented by Aho beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–1.
The top team of the Eastern Conference, Carolina, came into the match with a rush, when just after 30 seconds of the game, the defender Jalen Chatfield gave the away team the lead.
Sebastian Aho scored Carolina’s 2–1 winning goal at the start of the second period. That goal was the winning goal of the match. With the goal, the 27-year-old Finn became the player with the most game-winning goals in Carolina’s club history. He now has 58 winning goals. Aho was overtaken in the statistics by the club legend by Ron Francis.
A respected sports magazine The Hockey News wrote About Aho as follows: “When Sebastian Aho finally decides to end his career, he will go down in the history books as the greatest player in the history of the Carolina Hurricanes.”
Also the head coach of the team Rod Brind’Amour talked about the importance of Finns to the club.
– He will be the best in the history of the club in everything, when everything is done for him. Aho will be the best player who has played here.
The player from Oulu is playing his ninth season in the NHL. In that time, Carolina’s 2015 second-round pick has scored 574 points (259+315) in 616 games.
Granlund completes 400 assists
Roope Hintz of the Dallas Stars hit the puck into an empty net in a 5-2 home win against the San Jose Sharks.
However, Sharks forward Mikael Granlund was responsible for the most beautiful Finnish hit of the game in the first period, who finished the underpowered goal from a drive through. Granlund’s pass was also beautiful to watch.
With his pass, the Finnish hero broke the 400 NHL pass mark. Granlund needed 840 games to reach this milestone.
In his second season with the Sharks, Granlund is in great shape. In 21 matches, the attacker has completed 22 power points (9+13).
Watch the video of the goal and pass below.
Dallas’ Finnish defenders Esa Lindell and Miro Heiskanen remained without power points in the match.
The story is updated.
Philadelphia Flyers – Carolina Hurricanes 1–4 (CAR: Sebastian Aho 1+1)
Toronto Maple Leafs – Vegas Golden Knights 3–0
Dallas Stars – San Jose Sharks 5–2 (DAL: Roope Hintz 1+1, SJ: Mikael Granlund 1+1)
Seattle Kraken – Nashville Predators 1–0 score.
Los Angeles Kings – Buffalo Sabers 0-0 situation.