St. Lous found a stopper for Kasperi Kapanen. The Finn scored a hat trick in less than half an hour in Pittsburgh’s 6–2 win. Aleksi Heponiemi scored his opening goal of the season.
In the ice hockey NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues at home with a score of 6–2. The star player of the match was from Pittsburgh Kasperi Kapanenwho scored a total of three goals.
The first two of Kapanen’s goals came in the first period and the three-goal night was already sealed midway through the second period. Two of the hits were power play goals. The hat trick of the night is the second of Kapanen’s career in the NHL.
Kapanen’s early season was quiet, but lately the Finnish winger has found a new gear in his game. Kapanen, who is in top form, has now scored four goals in the last three matches.
The Florida Panthers went for a 5-1 away victory over the Seattle Kraken. Florida’s Finns were able to embellish the victory figures in the third set, when the person responsible for the 4–1 goal Aleksi Heponiemi scored his opening hit of the season in a Flordia jersey. Eetu Luostarinen initially by Gustav Forsling the last goal.
Carolina showed strong performances by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 4–2. Carolina’s number one center Sebastian Aho scored his tenth hit of the season in front of the goal.
Artturi Lehkonen was injured
Colorado Avelance is struggling with an injury crisis that deepened even more in the night round. Artturi Lehkonen suffered an upper body injury and left the bout as Boston beat the reigning champions 5–1.
There are now four forwards in the top chains on the sidelines, along with Lehkonen Gabriel Landeskog, Evan Rodrigues and Valery Nitshushkin. They are on the defensive side Bowen Byram and Josh Manson.
The Philadelphia Flyers lost at home to the New Jersey Devils 3-2. About Finnish players Erik Haula grabbed the power point in the match by scoring the Devils’ third goal in the third period of the match. Jack Hughes completed the hit.
Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers meet in Montreal Joel Armia was listed as the second pitcher Yevgeny Dadonov to the finish line. The match ended with Edmonton winning 5–3.
The nets rattled behind Husson and Kähkönen
The Detroit Red Wings lost to the Las Vegas Golden Knights at home 4–1. At the finish of Detroit Ville Husso made 21 of 24 saves.
Vegas scored their fourth point blank with three minutes left in the game. Defender Olli Määttä was on the ice for almost 19 minutes.
The Ottawa Senators beat the San Jose Sharks in their home game and the game ended 5–2. In San Jose’s goal was Kaapo Kähkönenwho played full game minutes and made 34 saves.
The meeting between the Minnesota Wild and the Anaheim Ducks ended in a 5-4 shootout in favor of the home team Minnesota.
Anaheim’s Urho Vaakanainen was the only Finnish player in the match. He was on the ice for a good 20 minutes and shot twice at the goal but missed the points.
Round results
Minnesota–Anaheim 5–4 vl
Pittsburgh–St. Louis 6-2 PIT: Kapanen 3+0
Philadelphia–New Jersey 2–3 NJ: Haula 0+1
Detroit–Vegas 1–4 DET: Husso 21/24
Boston-Colorado 5-1
Tampa Bay–Toronto 4–3 and
Chicago–NY Rangers 5–2
Ottawa–San Jose 5–2 SJ: Kähkönen 34/39
Edmonton–Montreal 5–3 MTL: Armia 0+1
Calgary-Washington 5-2
Seattle-Florida 1-5 FLA: Heponiemi 1+0, Luostarinen 0+1
Vancouver–Arizona 3–2 and ARI: Välimäki 0+1, Maccelli 0+1
Carolina–Los Angeles 4–2 CAR: Aho 1+0