Kaapo Kakko has risen strongly in the playoffs.
4.6. 07:10 • Updated June 4th. 09:15
’s next NHL TV game will be seen on Sunday night. The third meeting of Rangers and Lightning live on TV2 at 10 p.m.
In the hockey NHL Kaapo Kakon New York Rangers won the second final of the Eastern Conference with 3–2 goals in the Tampa Bay Lightning. Rangers, who defended well with the victory, took the lead 2–0 in the match series.¨
At the end of the opening round of the team’s 2-1 goal, Kakko scored directly from the corner Adam Foxin from the feed. The goal was second in the playoffs for the 21-year-old Finnish striker.
– I just stayed in front of the goal. It had been a few places with us, and then Foxy got the puck and gave me a nice feed. It was an easy job to just put the puck in the net, Kakko said.
In addition to Kako, the Rangers in the finish line now also managed to level up to 1-1 in the opening round. K’Andre Miller and scored a 3-1 win in the third set Mika Zibanejad.
– This was a really big win for us, but here we have to start preparing for the next match. We have to continue in the same way if we want to win this match series, the Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant said.
Tampa Bay’s goals were successful in the opening round Nikita Kutsherov and narrowed to 2-3 in the final installment Nicholas Paul.
See below all the goals for the match.
– Especially in the first two installments, we minimize the Tampa Bay finish points well. We did not succumb to mistakes. When we needed big fights, they came as usual, Fox, who scored two goals, praised the defensive 29/31 times Igor Shestjorkinia.
Tampa Star Goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevski stopped the puck 25/28 times.
The third fight of the match series will be played on Sunday at 10 pm Finnish time in front of the Tampa Bay home crowd. The match can be played live on TV2 and Arena. Four wins are required to win a match series.
Tampa’s experienced striker Corey Perry know what the team needs to do.
– The third installment was good for us, we have to take it with us to the next game. The Rangers won two home games, now we have to do the same, Perry thought.
Hockey NHL, Eastern Conference 2nd Final, 4 wins:
NY Rangers – Tampa Bay 3–2
NYR: Kakko 1 + 0