Florida Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov scored 0+3 in the victory over the New York Rangers and tied the club’s record for assists.
Roope Hintz was the brightest Finnish star of the night’s NHL round. The Dallas Stars forward scored a hat trick in the Chicago Blackhawks net and also scored the 5-4 winning goal in overtime.
Chicago took a 2-0 lead in the opening set, but Hintz narrowed it down with dominance as he directed Joe Pavelski into the feed.
In the second set, Pavelski tied the match and just 20 seconds later, Hintz saw off by Jason Robertson with through the Blackhawks defense with cross passes and completed the 3–2 goal.
At the end of the third set, the scores were 4–4, so we went to overtime. The Finn scored the decisive hit eight seconds before the buzzer on Robertson’s and Miro Heiskanen preliminary work.
The hat trick was the fourth of Hintz’s career in the NHL and the first of the season for Dallas.
Hintz, chosen as the number one star of the match, has now scored 14+18=32 power points in 32 matches and is fourth in the Finns’ point exchange Mikko Rantanen, Sebastian Ahon and Alexander Barkov after.
Dallas is fourth in the Western Conference, Chicago second last.
Barkov’s passes clicked
Another successful Finnish player was Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, who contributed to his team’s first three goals when the Panthers defeated the top team of the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers, 4–3.
Barkov became the player with the most goal assists (415) together in club history Jonathan Huberdeau with. Barkov, who is in a dizzying passing mood, has registered eight assist points for himself in three matches.
Barkov had to whistle for a moment in the third set when he got Alexis Lafreniere from shoulder to head.
Florian Matthew Tkachuk highlighted the importance of the Finnish captain’s return to the ice for the team.
– The situation was 3-3 and they had a hold on the game because we played without our captain. Then we got a hit that ended up being the winning goal, it was hugely important, Tkachuk said.
– He (Barkov) has been incredible all year. He and Sam Reinhart, you can’t say enough good things about them. “Barky” has been driving the whole team since the beginning of the season. Even last year, since I’ve been here, he’s been the best player and the best leader
Florida’s Finnish defender Niko Mikkola had the assist on Florida’s opening goal
Florida is third in the conference, NY Rangers continue to lead.
Saros made a top save
Juuse Saros stopped 18 shots in goal for the Nashville Predators as the team fell to the Detroit Red Wings 4–5. In the 1-1 situation, the Finn made a real top save when he threw himself to the left and saved what looked like a sure goal.
– Saros has no business being this good, what a good time, the commentators were excited.
Also the other’s Finnish cashier Joonas Korpisalo the team suffered a loss when the New Jersey Devils knocked off the Ottawa Senators 6–2. Korpisalo blocked 24 shots.
The brothers play in the Devils team Jack and Luke Hughes netted both powers 1+2. They became the first brother duo to reach three points in a game on the same team Henrik and Daniel Sedin’swho did the trick in 2017.
The Seattle Kraken defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime 2–1. Philadelphia head coach John Tortorella became the eighth NHL head coach and the first American born to complete 1,500 regular season games.
Columbus-Toronto and. 6–5 (1-2, 3-3, 1-0, 1-0)
Detroit-Nashville and. 5–4 (2-1, 0-2, 2-1, 1-0)
N: Juuse Saros 18/23 saves.
Florida-NY Rangers 4–3 (1-0, 2-2, 1-1)
F: Aleksander Barkov 0+3, Niko Mikkola 0+1.
Ottawa-New Jersey 2–6 (1-2, 0-2, 1-2)
O: Joonas Korpisalo 24/30 saves.
NY Islanders-Washington 5–1 (0-0, 2-0, 3-1)
Dallas-Chicago and. 5–4 (1-2, 2-0, 1-2, 1-0)
D: Roope Hintz 3+0, Miro Heiskanen 0+1.
St. Louis-Colorado 1–2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)
Anaheim-Arizona 0–2 (0-1, 0-1, 0-0)
Ar: Matias Maccelli 0+1
Seattle-Philadelphia and. 2–1 (0-1, 0-0, 1-0, 1-0)
Standings in teletext.
Corrected at 7:17 a.m.: Hintz is fourth, not third, in the Finns’ point exchange.