Sebastian Aho and Jake Guentzel’s chemistry hit together as Carolina crushed Ottawa.
Jake Guentzel was one of the most coveted players in the NHL transfer window. The superstar who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins for a long time finally moved to the ranks of the Carolina Hurricanes.
In Carolina, it is hoped that the 29-year-old Guentzel will be the answer to the team’s challenges in the playoffs in recent years. Even though last year, for example, the Hurricanes advanced to the top four, they still lacked a decent goal scorer.
That’s what Guentzel really is, as he has scored 40 goals in two regular season seasons, for example. When Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup in the 2016-2017 season, the American forward scored 13 goals and 21 points.
In the night round against the Ottawa Senators, Guentzel scored his first goal in a Carolina shirt. The opening goal had the touch of another superstar, who is having an excellent season Sebastian Aho gave a wonderful long pass to Guentzel from Carolina’s end, who in turn scored the team’s sixth goal.
Aho encouraged passes
Aho scored three assist points in the match and dazzled with his passing skills. He did a beautiful preliminary work by Seth Jarvis to complete the 3–2 hit. The Finn, who decided the Finnish championship nine years ago for Kärpi, has scored 74 points in 65 games this season.
Guentzel, who had a great early season in Pittsburgh, is Carolina’s second most effective player after scoring 23 goals and 57 points. He played in the Ottawa match on the wing of Aho.
Carolina crushed Ottawa 7-2.
Aho has improved this season, especially as a playmaker. He has scored at least three assists in no less than five games.
With it, he rose to the highest levels in the club history of Carolina and its predecessor Hartford Whalers by Ron Francis and Mike Rodgers with third place. In the 1989–1990 season, Francis managed nine and Corey Stillman In Carolina’s jersey in the 2005–2006 season, he achieved that feat no less than six times.
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