No goals were seen from the Finnish players in the NHL round of the night, but Erik Haula, Kasperi Kapanen, Eetu Luostarinen and Artturi Lehkonen scored points.
Carolina Hurricanes, starring Finnish players, suffered a dull defeat as a guest of the Washington Capitals in the NHL hockey league.
Washington had lost six consecutive home games, all in regular time, but now took a clear 4-0 victory over Carolina.
Carolinan Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Sharp played just over 17 minutes in the game Jesperi Kotkaniemi 14 minutes. Carolina had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team’s goalkeeper made the save Vitek Vanecek rebounded Washington’s goal 36 times and kept zeros.
Washington Alexander Ovetshkin struck in the second installment with a lead of 3-0. The goal for Ovetshkin was 33rd of the season.
The 36-year-old Russian star, who has scored 763 goals in his NHL career, is just three goals away Jaromir Jagrin number of goals (766) and third place in the all-time scorer statistics.
Carolina still holds the top spot in its own division. Washington is fourth.
Kapanen and Luostarinen points
The Finnish players got to the power points in the night round Kasperi Kapanen (0 + 1), represented by the Pittsburgh Penguins, won the Tampa Bay Lightning by a goal of 5-1. The reigning champion of the Stanley Cup, Tampa Bay, had won five games in the tube before losing. Kapanen have forged 9 + 17 in their 55 matches this season.
Florida Panthers Eetu Luostarinen also recorded an entry point when Florida knocked down the Ottawa Senators 3-0 at home.
In the third installment, the host team took a real power boost. At 43.09 Florida Patric Hornqvist scored an overwhelming 2-0 goal and just 12 seconds later the Ottawa net swung again. Luostarinen was marked second Ryan Lomberg to make a 3-0 hit. Luostarinen has scored 8 + 8 in 50 matches of the season.
Florida’s Finnish promise Anton Lundell20, got just over ten minutes after playing in Ottawa Erik Brännström racket his lips but was able to continue the game. Brännström was sentenced to four minutes for a high racket.
Finnish captain of the Panthers Alexander Barkov contracted for almost 20 minutes in the match, but couldn’t get a taste of the power points.
The Boston Bruins defeated the Vegas Golden Knights with a goal of 5-2. Craig Smith hit the Vegas net with a helmet trick. Boston Finnish striker Erik Haula scored David Pastrnakin 3-1. The co-operation between Haula and Pastrnak also played in the final moments of the match, with Haula baiting and the Czech striker finishing 5-2 goals blank.
Arizona surprised Colorado, Maccelli debuted
The biggest surprise of the morning was seen in Arizona, where the home team Arizona Coyotes managed to surprise the Colorado Avalanche with a score of 2-1. Arizona is last in the league, ranked 32nd, and Colorado number one.
After an undefeated opening round, Denver guests took the driver’s seat in the second round when Devon Toews scored 1-0. However, Arizona rose to levels later in the second installment.
In the third installment Nick Schmaltz sealed to a final score of 2 to 1 and Colorado failed to smooth out despite a tricky attempt. Arizona guard Karel Vejmelka blocked 42 shots out of 43.
Arizona Finnish striker Matias Maccelli played the first match of his career in the NHL. Maccelli, 21, who has been playing for less than a quarter of a quarter, has played for the entire early season in the AHL club at Tucson Roadrunners and has collected top performances of 14 + 42 = 55 in 42 matches.
Another surprise was seen in Canada, where the Montreal Canadiens drilled a 5-4 away win over Calgary Flames. Calgary had won as many as 11 games in the tube at home. Winning six of their last seven matches, Montreal is still last in its division and Calgary at the top of its own.
Artturi Lehkonen scored his 14th inning of the season with a 1-1 draw in Montreal in the opening round.
The Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers twisted in Chicago according to a longer formula. Edmonton Evander Kane hit each other in the evening, a 3-3 draw in the last minute of the actual game time and stretched the game to extra time.
Edmonton goalkeeper Mikko Koskinen stretched in front of the puck 28 times but was disappointed with overtime in the third minute after Chicago Alex DeBrincat finished with a final score of 4 to 3.
Night NHL Results:
Tampa Bay – Pittsburgh 1-5
Philadelphia – Minnesota 4-5
Washington – Carolina 4-0
NY Islanders – Vancouver 3-4
Chicago – Edmonton and. 4–3
Arizona – Colorado 2-1
Calgary – Montreal and. 4-5
All results also on teletext page 235.