Olli Määttä had to leave the match due to an upper body injury, when Detroit defeated Philadelphia at the end of the shootout 7–6.
Finnish defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings in the ice hockey NHL Olli Määttä fell to the Philadelphia Flyers Garnet Hathaway to roll in the opening set.
Hathaway tackled Määtä in the open ice, when the Finn reached for the puck in his glove.
The hit didn’t become a hit, but the situation was followed by a showdown between the players, from which Detroit Christian Fischer and Justin Holl and Philadelphia’s Hathaway and Nicolas Deslauriers got the two-minute ones.
The Finn sat on the bench for some time after the tackle, but did not appear on the ice again. The head coach of the team Derek Lalonde according to Määtt is not in the lineup for tomorrow’s match against the New Jersey Devils.
Detroit started the match strong and led 5–1 after the first period. However, Philadelphia pushed back to take a 6–5 lead in the third period. Rasmus Ristolainen caught the puck in his own corner and started an attack, which he finished Owen Tippett.
of Detroit Dylan Larkin tied the match and the decision was seen in the shootout. The Red Wings’ star player sank the decisive hit Patrick Kanewho managed to score twice in regular time and also recorded one assist.
Kane, who recently returned to the rink after hip surgery, succeeded in the winning shot for the 50th time in his career and has scored 4+5=9 in nine matches.
With the win, the Red Wings broke their four-game losing streak. It is tenth in the Eastern Conference, while Philadelphia is third.
A man I know from TPS decided
Slovakian forward who moved from TPS to the NHL last season Juraj Slafkovsky scored the decisive 3–2 goal as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5–2.
Slafkovsky, who was chosen as the first star of the match, registered 1+1 performances in the match. Montreal’s first-round pick from 2022 has now scored 4+8=12 in his 33 games of the season.
Chicago started the match with two spectacular goals. Ryan Donato managed to set up a wrist shot by Connor Bedard from a cross pass in the first set.
At the beginning of the second period Colin Blackwell made fun of the Montreal defense and betrayed the open space To Jason Dicksinsonwho had an easy job to finish.
– It’s fascinating to watch, the commentators enthused.
Embarrassed by this, Montreal came close in the second set and Slafkovsky’s hit passed. Jesse Ylönen got the service point hit by the Slovakian.
Montreal, ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference, has collected points from five consecutive matches. Chicago is the jumbo of the Western Conference with the San Jose Sharks.
In the other matches of the round, Edmonton defeated the New York Rangers 4–3 and the Winnipeg Jets defeated Boston 5–1.
Corrected at 8:43: Määtä has an upper body injury, not a lower body injury.