Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen also managed to score. San Jose goalkeeper Eetu Mäkiniemi played his first full NHL game with victory.
of Columbus Patrick Laine managed to score again as the Blue Jackets beat the Calgary Flames at home 3–1. Laine scored the opening goal of the match at the beginning of the first period. The Suomalaištahti was able to face Calgary’s goalkeeper alone by Jacob Markström with and not mistaken.
The goal was Lainee’s seventh of the season. After recovering from an ankle injury, “Tesoma’s cannon” has worked 5+1 in five matches.
Despite Laine’s goals, Columbus has won only two of their last eight games. In the previous struggle against Buffalo, the team lost as much as 4–9.
– We fought harder than the previous match and kept our playing simple. We played a pretty good match as a team. Everyone played great. “Korpi” and Elvis were both on the finish line. It was a team effort, Laine said after the game (you move to another service).
Laine played in a new chain by Jack Roslovic and Yegor Tsinakhov with.
– I could have easily done four or five today. Our attacking game worked well. Every court played well both ways.
Columbus Guard Joonas Korpisalo left the match after the first period. The Finn did his job cleanly and made 12 saves. Replaced him Elvis Merzlikins stretched into the path of the puck 19 times.
– Korpisalo felt some pain in his lower body, so we decided to replace him, the team’s head coach Brad Larsen told.
Eetu Mäkiniemi for the first time in the opening
The Finnish goal of the second round was scored by Colorado Mikko Rantanen. Rantanen took his team to a 1–0 lead against the New York Rangers in the opening round. Rantanen won the start of the offensive end and finished the goal after using the puck With Samuel Girard and With Alex Newhook.
The hit was Rantanen’s 17th of the season. Rantanen leads the Finnish points market with 16+17=33.
The goal was the only one for the champion team suffering from injury. Rangers goalkeeper Igor Sestjorkin made 41 saves. The Rangers eventually won the game in a shootout Mika Zibanejadin and by Artemi Panarin with goals.
San Jose goalkeeper Eetu Mäkiniemi, 23, played his first full NHL game as San Jose cruised to a 6-1 win over Anaheim. The Finnish keeper, who was called up from the farm team Barracuda at the beginning of the week, blocked 23 shots in the match.
He was traded Kaapo Kähkönen replaced in the previous match in Vancouver, and now the first full match immediately brought victory. The Kiekko-Vantaa native showed confident moves from the opening set by making saves, for example, in a 1–0 lead situation Frank Vatrano underpowered by the company.
– Eetu played really well. The game could have taken a whole new direction if they could have scored from that situation. One situation can have a miraculous effect when a goalkeeper can make such a big save, Sharks head coach David Quinn thanked.
Mäkiniemi admitted that he was nervous at the beginning of the game.
– It’s only natural to be nervous when it’s the first start, but the further the game progressed, the more confident I felt. In this league, you have to be ready all the time, whether you have the upper hand or not, but luckily I made some good saves.
Mäkiniemi, who is playing in his second season in North America, stated that he talked with his teammate Kähkönen during the game about the basics.
– Nothing special, mostly just let it be here too, everything just happens a little faster and the players are better and shoot better. You have to be ready for everything.
Shared responsibility with Kähkönen in the early season by James Reimer is expected to return from his lower-body injury for Tuesday’s game against Arizona.
of the Arizona Coyotes Matias Maccelli had two assists as Arizona upset the Atlantic Division-leading Boston Bruins. Arizona won the match 4–3. Lawson Crouse scored the winning goal off a pass from Maccelli with 14 seconds left in the game.
Pittsburg found a new gear Kasperi Kapanen got an assist by Brock McGinn To a 3–2 goal, when Pittsburgh overthrew Buffalo 4–3 in overtime.
Columbus-Calgary 3-1 (1-0, 1-0, 1-1)
Co: Patrik Laine 1+0, Joonas Korpisalo 12/12 saves, for exchange within 20:00.
New Jersey-NY Islanders 4-6 (1-2, 1-3, 2-1)
Buffalo-Pittsburgh and. 3-4 (0-0, 2-1, 1-2, 0-1)
P: Kasperi Kapanen 0+1.
Washington-Seattle 4-1 (0-1, 2-0, 2-0)
Chicago-Winnipeg 1-3 (0-1, 1-1, 0-1)
Edmonton-Minnesota 5-2 (2-1, 1-1, 2-0)
Colorado-NY Rangers vl. 1-2 (1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)
C: Mikko Rantanen 1+0.
Arizona-Boston 4-3 (1-1, 1-1, 2-1)
A: Matias Maccelli 0+2.
Anaheim-San Jose 1-6 (0-1, 1-3, 0-2)
S: Eetu Mäkiniemi 23/24 saves.
Las Vegas-Philadelphia and. 2-1 (1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0)
Results with scorers and standings.