Three Finnish hits were seen in the ice hockey NHL, when in addition to Aatu Rädy, Rasmus Kupari and Miro Heiskanen managed to score.
Aatu Räty succeeded in scoring for the second time in the hockey NHL. Räty, who played the fifth NHL game of his career in a New York Islanders shirt, clocked the least ice time of his team, just over six minutes, but he brought his team up to par against the Vancouver Canucks at the beginning of the second period of the match.
In the end, Räty and Islander were able to celebrate the victory with a clear 6–2 score.
The NHL also takes into account the Finn’s success on social media.
– Aatu Räty is really making an impact in the New York Islanders, the league tweeted. (you switch to another service)
Räty managed to score right away in his NHL debut against Florida on the eve of Christmas Eve, and has collected praise from his teammates.
– He is a good, strong and wise player. He fights strongly and is suitable as a center. He is a young player who is trying his best. For us (Rädy’s success) would be a big deal, experienced Brock Nelson stated on the pages of NHL.com. (you switch to another service)
Finnish hits were also seen in the night’s NHL round in the meeting between the Los Angeles Kings and the Dallas Stars.
Rasmus Kupari took the Kings 1–0 lead in the opening set with his third goal of the season. The equalizer was created by Finnish forces, when Roope Hintz served and Miro Heiskanen let his shots do the talking. The Kings eventually won the match 3–2 and broke the Stars’ four-game winning streak.
Other Finnish successes include the New York Rangers Kaapo Kako made it to the stars in the match against Carolina. He got an assist by K’Andre Miller to a 4–3 hit.
The Rangers broke the Hurricanes’ 11-game winning streak with a 5–3 win.
An even longer time has passed since Carolina’s last loss in regular time: no less than 18 games. For the Rangers, the victory was the second in a row.
Moved to Seattle in December Eeli Tolvanen played only his second game in the shirt of his new club. In his debut, Tolvanen, who moved to Seattle through the transfer list, thanked for the responsibility and scored a goal, and now he was involved in his team’s third hit.
Ville Heinola was involved in Winnipeg’s 3–2 win as the Jets knocked off the Calgary Flames. The point was the first of the season for Heinola.
Also Alexander Barkov and Juuso Välimäki came within a point of the match between Florida and Arizona. Both collected power 0+1. Florida represented by Barkov won the match 5–3. Florida superstar Matthew Tkachuk scored a hat trick in the match.
Mikael Granlund had two hits as Nashville defeated Montreal 6–3. Juuse Saros stopped the Predators with a goal 24 times. For Montreal, the loss was already the sixth in a row.
Other Finnish goalkeepers got a taste of victory Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, who saved Buffalo in a 5–4 overtime victory over the Washington Capitals. He stretched in front of the puck 28 times. He scored the winning goal in overtime Tage Thompson, for whom the hit was also the third of the match.
Joonas Korpisalo represented by Columbus lost to Ottawa 0–4 and suffered its eighth loss in the last nine matches. Korpisalo blocked 30 shots.