“Getting under the skin is part of the game”

The Finns were in a good mood during the night round. All of Carolina’s Finnish forwards scored in the Ottawa win. Jesse Ylönen scored in the battle between Montreal and Toronto.

Made his NHL debut the other night in a Chicago shirt Connor Bedard scored his first complete hit in the dollar league. Bedard led his team to a 1–0 lead in the match against the Boston Bruins.

Chosen as the best goalkeeper in the NHL last season Linus Ullmark managed to block the young Canadian’s first shot, but Bedard got to the loose puck, rounded the goal and finished convincingly with an old fashioned shot.

– When I was behind the goal, I realized that now is a good place and I was just that now I can’t mess this up, Bedard commented on his hit in an NHL interview.

The home team of Boston Brad Marchand also welcomed Bedard to the league in his own way, when Marchand, known for hating his opponent, tried to get under Bedard’s skin. Marchand would nudge the 18-year-old toward the Boston trade block. However, Bedard didn’t seem to react to it in any way.

– Getting under the skin is part of the game, I respect him (Marchand) and I have followed his career, Bedard said about the situation.

Boston came though by Trent Frederic with the goal alongside and David Pastrnak too two goals ended the match 3–1 in favor of Boston.

The season opener was historic for Boston, as it started its 100th NHL season. Boston is one of the six original NHL clubs. This was celebrated before the start of the match by welcoming former top players to the ice, such as Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito and having finished his career last season Patrice Bergeron.

Carolina’s Finns score

Finns also collected points in the night’s round. Teuvo Teräväinen and Jesse Ylönen finished with one hit for their teams, while Sebastian Aho and Jesperi Kotkaniemi recorded passes to the man.
In the match between Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators, Carolina’s Finnish forwards Aho, Teräväinen and Kotkaniemi were successful. The opening goal of the match came at the beginning of the second period, when Carolina dominated. Aho found his teammate at the front post by Michael Buntingwhich went past the Ottawa goalkeeper Joonas Korpisalo.

At the end of the second period, Carolina ran the game wonderfully in the offensive zone. The puck was thrown from the blue line through the plexiglass behind the goal, followed by two passes. Teräväinen was forgotten in the back area and he was able to hit the ball into the almost empty goal.

Kotkaniemi again scored the 5-3 goal for Carolina. Ottawa’s Korpisalo made 37 saves.

In the meeting between Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, Jesse Ylönen scored a goal. Toronto’s defense failed to open the game in its own end, Rafael Harvey-Pinard caught the puck and passed Ylösen with the goalie. The Finn had time to place the puck on his shoulder and lifted the game tool with his knuckles magnificently into the roof of the goal.

However, Toronto grabbed a bigger point pot as the team stretched from a two-goal chase position to the winning shootout. The guarantor of the victory was Toronto’s top player Austin Matthewswho completed the hat trick in the match.

There are three more matches in the round. Rasmus Kuparin Winnipeg kicks off their season with Calgary. The league’s brightest superstar Connor McDavid’s the team Edmonton Oilers, on the other hand, traveled to Vancouver, as a guest of the Canucks. Hosted by the Los Angeles Kings Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen and Justus Annusen representing Colorado.