Minnesota took down Dallas, even though the Finns worked hard for the start of the NHL playoffs in a marathon match. Joonas Korpisalo, on the other hand, shone and equalized the league’s point king.
will show two NHL playoff games on Sunday, April 23. The match New York Islanders – Carolina can be watched on TV2 and Areena starting at 20:00. After that, we move on to the Florida–Boston match (around 10:30 p.m.).
The opening of the playoffs of the Ice Hockey League NHL saw great drama right away, when two matches went into overtime. In both matches, the underdog was still looking for a tough away win.
In Dallas, they argued past one o’clock in the morning until a solution was reached. of Minnesota Ryan Hartman hit the puck in 92.20.
Minnesota’s hero told a press conference after the game that the team had fueled itself between overtimes with bananas, an energy drink consumed at 12:30 a.m. and the iconic Yankee bread, peanut butter and jam bread.
There are no Finns in Minnesota’s ranks, but Dallas is known to have plenty of Finns in big roles. Roope Hintz tied the match at the beginning of the second period at 1–1. Miro Heiskanen on the other hand, the beginning by Jason Robertson A 2–1 lead for Dallas two minutes later.
Heiskanen recorded the longest playing minutes of the match, a total of 41 minutes and 42 seconds. Hintz, who was on the ice for 30 minutes and 46 seconds, clocked the most of all the forwards.
The match was the longest in Minnesota Wild club history. The last and only time Minnesota had played in the second overtime match was against Anaheim in the conference finals in 2003. That time the decision came in 88:06.
The Los Angeles Kings, on the other hand, surprised the Edmonton Oilers in the away bowl. Edmonton already led the match 2–0 and also 3–1 in the third quarter, but the Kings struggled to get into the match. Alex Iafallo with this winning goal in 69.19.
Joonas Korpisalo made 37/41 saves in a Kings shirt. The Finn made a lot of top saves. Korpisalo, who was traded to Los Angeles in the middle of this year, reset, among other things, the league’s point king Connor McDavid’s. Korpisalo got it from his coach From Todd McLellan handsome compliments after the match.
– He gave us the chance to win as we expected. When he needed big saves, he made one, McLellan gushed after the match.
Below you can listen to the latest Ika änäri episode. Boston’s unfathomable winning record, Carolina’s streak and Finnish players Juuse Saros and Mikael Granlund are discussed. You can find all Ika änäri podcasts at this link.