Patrik Laine’s ankle injury is just a memory – scored two goals and praised the Finnish goalkeeper: “We should offer him dinner”

Patrik Laine returned to NHL ice after an ankle injury and scored twice. Columbus goalkeeper Joonas Korpisalo also played a big role when the team took a clear victory over Winnipeg.

Ice hockey in the NHL Patrick Laine returned after an ankle injury to the ranks of the Columbus Blue Jackets to measure up against his former club the Winnipeg Jets. In the away match, Columbus defeated the host team 4–1.

Laine, who was on the sidelines for the last seven matches, started strongly by first scoring the opening goal of the match, after which he scored another 3-1 goal at the beginning of the second period of the match.

Laine’s season has been interrupted, as he was also injured in the team’s first game of the season and was then sidelined for six games. In the interview after the match, Laine said that he was satisfied with his performance of the evening.

– The match went better than I expected. We made good changes as a team and “Korpi” was incredible today, Laine, the Columbus goalkeeper, beamed Joonas Korpisaloa.

Laine found room for improvement in his own defensive game.

– There were situations in the game when I slept in the defensive area, but luckily “Korpi” saved, we have to offer him dinner, Laine continued.

Korpisalo saved Columbus 37 times with a goal. The Finnish goalkeeper’s strong grip in the game was also noticed in the dressing room of the Columbus team.

Kevin Lankinen blocked the record balance of his NHL career

The Nashville Predators beat the New York Islanders 4–1 in an away game.

One of the stars of the match was Nashville’s goalkeeper Kevin Lankinen, who made 48 saves. At the same time, Lankinen made the hardest save in one game of his NHL career.

The final readings of the struggle sealed Nashville Mikael Granlund in the last minute of the match. The Finnish striker scored his shot into an empty net. Only about a minute before Granlund too Matt Duchene hit the goal of the Islanders, who sought a reduction without a goalkeeper.

The Islanders had a total of 49 shots on Nashville’s goal, while Nashville had a much more moderate 23 shots.

In the third game of the night, the New York Rangers lost to the Ottawa Senators at home in overtime by 3–2.

Senators Brady Tkachuk first sent the match to overtime by tying it 2–2 in the last minute of the final set. After that, he scored the decisive goal with only 18 seconds left in overtime.

Finnish striker Kaapo Kako was on the ice for a good 15 minutes but missed power points. There were no other Finns in the game.