Joonas Korpisalo made a wild save when the Ottawa Senators he represented beat the Nashville Predators in NHL hockey.
Riku Porvari,
STT Sports
Ice hockey in the NHL Joonas Korpisalo guaranteed a home win for the Ottawa Senators when the Finnish goalkeeper was replaced in the goal at the beginning of the second period.
Tuesday night’s opponent Nashville Predators scored three goals with 11 shots in the opening set, so the Danish goalkeeper Mads Sögaard had to give up control responsibility.
Replaced Korpisalo saved 17 times without conceding a goal. Ottawa won 4–3 in overtime when the captain Claude Giroux scored the winning goal.
– Korpisalo caught key saves when we made a few mistakes. I think the win was a great team effort, Senators head coach Jacques Martin said after the match.
Not even the one who was rejected in the ranks of Nashville Juuse Saros the evening speech was not bad. Despite the loss, Saros made 31 saves in the match.
– “Juice” was great. They had several good attacks and a lot of good scoring opportunities in the third period. He (Saros) played great and thanks to that we even got a point, Nashville captain Roman Josi praised.
Ottawa is quite far from the playoff line in the Atlantic division, as the team is in last place 17 points behind the Detroit Red Wings. Ottawa has 36 regular season games left.
Nashville is once again lingering behind the playoff line in the Central Division. The team is tied with the St. Louis Blues, who are above the line, having played two fewer games than Nashville. The Predators have 32 regular season games left.
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Pärssinen was fantastic in the AHL
Saros and Lankinen have been Nashville’s only Finns after playing for Nashville in the early season Juuso Pärssinen was transferred to familiga AHL.
Pärssinen, who moved to the Milwaukee Admirals earlier this season, has been fantastic at the Admirals so far, describes the GM of the Admirals and the director of player development of the Predators Scott Nichol.
The club updated Pärssisen’s news on Sunday and at that time in the published article it was emphasized that the AHL assignment is not a punishment, but an effort to develop the Finnish player’s abilities.
The article did not present estimates on whether Pärssinen could be pulling the Predators shirt back on this season.