Arizona’s Matias Maccelli is having a great rookie season in the NHL.
In the hockey NHL, the Florida Panthers are going through a difficult period at a critical moment. Fighting for a playoff spot, Florida suffered its fourth straight loss as Ottawa was outscored 5-2.
The Panthers, who won the regular season last season, are three points away from the last wild card spot in the Eastern Conference for the playoffs. The place in question is currently held by Pittsburgh, which has three more points than Florida. Pittsburgh has played one game less than Florida.
Against Ottawa, Florida lost its winning streak to the ice. Ottawa immunized Florida from mistakes and scored three power play goals.
Florida star player Matthew Tkachuk thought they were even dominating five on five.
– Special situations definitely played a big role tonight, and we didn’t have it to our advantage today, Tkachuk regretted.
– I think we played really well for most of the match. We just had problems with penalties. They took advantage of their possession game, but we didn’t. They absolutely crushed us today in special situations, Tkachuk lamented.
Alexander Barkov the point streak that lasted nine matches came to an end. He had scored four goals and 16 points during that power period.
Great through playing Florida Eetu Luostarinen reached the 40 point mark.
Maccelli beamed
Arizonan who is having a great rookie season Matias Maccelli was in the spotlight again when the home team faced Edmonton. Maccelli completed two spectacular hits.
At the beginning of the first period, Maccelli came up in Edmonton’s territory, dribbled and shot to end a great individual performance. In the third set, he scored his second goal of the match. You can watch both of Maccelli’s hits in the main video.
Macceli rose in the rookie point exchange for Anaheim Mason McTavish over to second place. The 22-year-old forward from Turku has scored ten goals and 43 points in 73 matches.
Only Seattle has scored more points among rookies Matty Berniers (50).
Arizona lost to Edmonton 4–5.
Finnish forward of the New Jersey Devils Erik Haula recorded his ninth hit of the season as the Devils faced the New York Islanders. Haula was able to break through at the beginning of the second period with an underpowered drive and floated the puck into the net.
However, the goal was a thin consolation, as the Islanders were better with a score of 5–1. Haula has totaled 34 points in 74 matches.