The reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers defeated the New York Rangers 5–3. Kaapo Kakko scored two goals in front of his new home crowd as Seattle beat Utah 5–2.
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Henri Pitkänen
The Florida Panthers, who lost their previous two games in the hockey NHL, beat the New York Rangers 5–3 in their home arena. The opening goal was recorded in the fourth minute of the match by Florida’s Finnish striker Benefit for the Monastery.
by Sam Bennett the scoring attempt failed, but the puck was still in play in Florida’s offensive end. In the end, Luostarinen, who was in a mask in front of the goal, was guided by Gustav Forsling shot on goal.
The goal was Luostarinen’s sixth of the season. Power points for the season are 6+9 in total.
The final score in the last minute of the game was scored by the captain of the team Alexander Barkov. His efficiency from this season is 11+23.
In addition, in the second period, the assist for Florida’s third goal was caught by a striker Anton Lundellwhose power point balance is now 8+16.
In December, he joined the ranks of the New York Rangers from the Anaheim Ducks Urho Vaakanainen missed points. The only assist of the season came in an Anaheim shirt in November.
Kako’s Seattle career started well
The Seattle Kraken also took a home victory over the Utah Hockey Club with a score of 5–2.
Moved to Seattle less than two weeks ago Kaapo Kako grabbed two assists from the match. In the third set, after a pass break, he sent a long and accurate pass from the defensive zone For Jaden Schwartzwho scored a 3–2 winning goal. The second also scored his team’s fourth goal, which was completed by another chain mate Matty Beniers.
Kako’s performances in the current season are 5+12 in total, of which 1+2 have come in Seattle’s shirt. The first home game in the shirt of the new club tasted good.
– The first four games were played away, and I expected this. We won, so I liked it a lot, Second stated.
Kako’s time with the New York Rangers came to a tumultuous end, and his confidence is now on the rise. Chemistry with Beniers and Schwartz is slowly starting to be found.
– Especially in the last games, it has felt good. We lost the first games, and that’s never fun.
– We have a really good chain now, I like playing with them. In the last few games, we’ve had chances and it’s nice that we also scored a couple of goals.
The runner-up was also selected for the star of the match. According to the Seattle custom, he got to throw the “prize salmon” into the stands, as you can see in the attached video.
The Nashville Predators, on the other hand, lost to the Winnipeg Jets as a guest with goals 0–3. The loss was the second in a row for the team.
Nasvhille with a goal Juuse Saros did not manage to prevent a victory for his team, although there were 25 saves in total.
The match continued at 0-0 until the end of the second period, when Winnipeg won Dylan DeMelo scored the game’s opening goal. The win for Winnipeg, which convincingly leads the Central Division, was secured in the second half of the third period Gabriel Vilardiwho scored two overtime goals within just over a minute.
Tonight’s NHL results:
Florida – New York Rangers 5-3
F: Barkov 1+0, 22.29, +1
F: Monastic 1+0, 12.00
F: Lundell 0+1, 18.20, +1
OF: Horizontal 0+0, 12.19
Seattle-Utah 5-2
S: Second 0+2, 16.56, +1
S: Tolvanen 0+0, 14.27
U: Fertilizer 0+0, 21.30
U: Maccelli 0+0, 11.59, -2
U: Välimäki 0+0, 18.48, -2
Winnipeg-Nashville 3-0
W: Copper 0+0, 7.47
N: Saros 25/28 torj.
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