Three Finnish scorers were seen in the NHL playoff round when Aleksander Barkov, Roope Hintz and Miro Heiskanen succeeded.
STT Sports,
Jonne Niemeläinen
14.5. 07:39 • Updated May 14th. 08:57
The Florida Panthers passed the Washington Capitals summer vacation with a 4–2 win in the NHL playoffs. Florida won the teams ’sixth encounter in Washington after an extra 4–3.
Among the Finns in the ranks of the Panthers, they excelled in recording their first power points in the playoffs Eetu Luostarinen (0 + 1) and the skipper who scored the goal Alexander Barkov.
The monastery was involved in the second installment Ryan Lomberg In a 1-1 draw and second-place finisher, Barkov took just over two minutes to finish the 3rd-2 lead in Florida. Barkoville cheated in front of the open goal Claude Giroux (1 + 2). The goal was the second in the playoffs for Barkov.
The resolution of the match in front of the goal was lifted by Panthers Carter Verhaeghe in time 62.46. Verhaeghe has been hit hard during these playoffs. His overtime goal leveled the wins in the match series earlier this week to 2-2 after Washington had escaped the lead.
In a previous encounter with the clubs, the Canadian, for his part, scored five points and got a team-specific playoff record in his account. Verhaeghe scored two goals in the match and served three assists.
Florida will win the Toronto Maple Leafs or Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round. The Toronto-Tampa match series is at levels 3–3 and the next team will make it to the next night.
Florida took their first playoff playoff series victory since 1996. At that time, the Panthers advanced all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. According to Barkov, the heavy burden fell on the players’ shoulders as the continuation was secured.
– This really means a lot. There has been a lot of talk about this, but now we redeemed it. We’re really happy about this, but there’s still a long way to go to get to where we want to go, Barkov summed up.
Rangers equalized, Kapanen grabbed the point
The New York Rangers evened out a 3 to 3 match. The Manhattanians knocked out Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 and the clubs set out to find a solution in the seventh match.
In the second installment of New York Mika Zibanejad began his toil. The man scored two goals in the first minute and a half and scored another point in the second half of the round. Chris Kreiderin to the finish.
However, the lead brought by Kreider took less than two minutes, for Yevgeny Malkin reconciled the accounts during the same batch.
At the end of the third round, however, Kreider took the lead to repeat the New York club with a goal from which point king Zibanejad re-scored the entry point.
The final scores sealed the match at the last minute Andrew Copp With New York’s only goal of the night, Zibanejad didn’t grab a point point.
The place for the second round of the playoffs is flipped with four wins. The settlement of the match series will be seen early Monday in New York. The winner of the next match will face either the Carolina Hurricanes or the Boston Bruins in the second round.
Stars forced to win under Finnish players
The Dallas Stars weighed in a 4–2 forced win over the Calgary Flames under the leadership of the Finns, leveling the wins in the opening round to 3–3.
The goals of the Stars home game were opened by the Stars striker Roope Hintzwhose bet went to the Flames guard Jacob Markström between the legs at the end of the opening batch. The goal was the second in the playoffs for Hintz.
Dallas made a 2-0 hit early in the second set Michael Rafflbut the strong pre – work on the finish was done by the puck who ran out and ran through Joel Kiviranta. After running through Kiviranta, Raffl pushed in from the feel of the goal line of the puck.
The stars’ 3–2 winning streak was selected as the three-star of the match Miro Heiskanen. The first playoff goal of Heiskanen’s season, which had become close to the B-point arc, went through a heavy traffic jam, and Markström did not have time to react properly to the Finnish defender’s appeal. The winning hit was celebrated at the end of the second round at 37.32.
Watch the great performances of the Finns in the video below.
Hintz recorded a power of 1 + 1 as he fed Tyler Seguinin hit the empty goal.
With a loss, Dallas’ season would have ended.
– We haven’t always played a good third set, so the message during the break was clear. The other night we didn’t play well in the third set when the Flames came from a tight break. Now we were ready, we took a step in the right direction, 37-year-old Dallas veteran striker Joe Pavelski stated.
The decisive stand-alone game of the match series will be played early Monday in front of the Flames home crowd.
NHL Hockey Round 1 (4 wins):
Pittsburgh – NY Rangers 3-5
PIT: Kapanen 0 + 1
Winnings 3–3
Washington – Florida je 3–4
FLA: Monastic 0 + 1, Barkov 1 + 0
Profits 2-4
Dallas-Calgary 4–2
DAL: Hintz 1 + 0, Kiviranta 0 + 1, Heiskanen 1 + 0
Winnings 3–3