There were many Finnish successes in the NHL. All the Finns of the Dallas Stars reached the points.
of Pittsburg Kasperi Kapanen scored the winning goal in overtime as the Penguins defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4–3.
Kapanen finished the goal from a corner by Brock McGinn from passing the puck into the net and fanned furiously. The goal was a relief for Kapanen, who earlier in the match had broken his nine-game scoreless streak with his assist.
Kapanen is still on a pace of more than 30 points with his power of 2+5=7. He has broken that mark in the past four seasons.
The head coach Mike Sullivan praised Kapanen’s playing after the match. Sullivan pointed out that in addition to scoring, Kapanen won duels near the wings and did winning things.
– We are happy for him that he got the award today, but I think he played a good game. It wasn’t just because of the goal. For me, his speed was striking, Sullivan praised.
All Finns of the Dallas Stars scored points when the team defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5–0. The most effective shined Miro Heiskanenwho was the leading pitcher in three goals.
Heiskanen did excellent preliminary work, among other things Joel Kiviranta 3–0 in the second period. Heiskanen got to the top position with his movement, which allowed Kiviranta to hit the loose puck net.
Dallas night was called Jason Robertsonwho completed his hat trick with a 4–0 hit against Heiskanen and Roope Hintz input. Hintz set up Robertson’s first of the night. With this goal, the 23-year-old American became the first player to break the 20-goal barrier this season.
Colorado’s number one streak in progress
The Finns of Colorado Artturi Lehkonen and Mikko Rantanen got a lot of responsibility again by Nathan MacKinnon on the sidelines as the Avalanche defeated the Buffalo Sabers 6–4.
MacKinnon, the center of the chain who played more than 25 minutes, scored 2+3=5 in the match. Rantanen and Lehkonen were strongly involved in the effective superiority that scored three goals for the Avalanche.
MacKinnon first equalized with a two-man advantage in the second set to make it 2–2 Cale Makarin and Rantanen’s pass, after which Lehkonen scored just 49 seconds later to give Colorado the lead.
Rantanen, who grabbed the power 1+1, made the final readings into an empty net. In Buffalo’s goal Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves.
The Finns also got a taste of the paint Mikael Granlundwhich tied the game against the New Jersey Devils at 3-3 with just 10 seconds left in the third period.
Granlund flicked the loose puck into the net in front of the goal. The hit was the Finn’s third of the season. Nashville won the game in overtime by Ryan Johansen on the finish line.
Stamkos broke a wild boundary line
Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos broke the 1,000-point mark in the hockey league NHL. Stamkos got the second pass for the winning goal By Nicholas Paul to the finish line.
Stamkos is the 95th player in NHL history to break 1,000 points. Among active players, the same number of points has been broken by eight other players.
Stamkos now has 494 goals and 506 assists.
Buffalo – Colorado 4–6 COL: Rantanen 1+1, Lehkonen 1+0, BUF: Luukkonen 28/33 saves. New Jersey – Nashville 3–4 and NSH: Granlund 1+0, Saros 25/28 saves, NJD: Haula 0+2 Philadelphia – Tampa Bay 1–4 Pittsburgh to Vegas 4–3 PIT: Kapanen 1+1
St. Louis—Carolina 4–6 CAR: Raanta 12/15 torj. (playing time 39:56)
Minnesota – Edmonton 5 to 3
Dallas – Anaheim 5–0 DAL: Heiskanen 0+3, Hintz 0+2, Hakanpää 0+1, Kiviranta 1+0
Calgary to Montreal 1–2
Seattle – Washington 3–2 and
Vancouver to Florida 1–5
FLA: Monastic 0+1
Los Angeles – Arizona 4-3 situation