Boston Bruins’ Joonas Korpisalo was chosen as the best player of the match.
Joonas Korpisalo saved his first clean sheet of the season with a Boston Bruins goal in an away game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Korpisalo stopped the puck 20 times in the Bruins’ 3–0 win.
The clean sheet was the fifth in the NHL career for the Finnish goalkeeper, who was selected as the best player of the match. Korpisalo showed his skills, especially in the second period, where he made a few spectacular saves.
– There are timely saves in every game, you have to be alert, Korpisalo said after the game.
Boston scored in each period. They were responsible for the team’s goals Matthew Poitras, Justin Brazeau and Brad Marchand. Boston has won five of their 11 games this season.
– This was a big game. We immediately took the reins in our hands and did not give them up. It was a good 60 minutes for us, Korpisalo summed up.
Bruins pilot Jim Montgomery was satisfied with Korpisalo’s results.
– You can see that his self-confidence is on the rise. He’s finding his groove, Montgomery praised.
Korpisalo has appeared in five matches this season with a save percentage of 89.4.
The loss ended Philadelphia’s two-game winning streak.
Saros led the struggle of the Finnish goalkeepers
The Nashville Predators defeated the Colorado Avalanche at home in a match between the Finnish guards with goals 5–2.
Saved by Nashville goal Juuse Saros this time pulled a longer shot between Colorado’s posts from the saver About Justus Annus.
Saros, chosen as the three star of the match, blocked 28/30 shots and stopped the puck 20/23 times. Nashville scored its last two shots on empty nets.
The results of the NHL round:
Florida–Dallas 4–2
FLA: Mikkola 0+1, Barkov 0+1, Luostarinen 0+1
DAL: Heiskanen 0+1
Philadelphia–Boston 0 to 3
BOS: Korpisalo 20/20 defense.
Los Angeles–Chicago vl 3–4
Pittsburgh–Montreal 3 to 1
St. Louis–Toronto 4–2
Nashville–Colorado 5–2
NSH: Saros 28/30 torj.
COL: Annunen 20/23 counter.
Vegas to Utah between
San Jose–Vancouver between