Carolina’s Finnish forward Sebastian Aho was on the attack in the NHL round the night before Sunday. Aho scored three goals in the New York Islanders’ net in the Hurricanes’ 5–2 victory.
Aho was responsible for his team’s last three goals. He humiliated his Swedish namesake by directing a 3–2 hit through him into the goal and in a 4–2 hit taking the puck away from the Swedish puck before driving through. Aho completed the hat trick into an empty net.
Teuvo Teräväinen registered 0+2 performances in the match. During the season, Teräväinen, who sometimes even played in the fourth chain, now played alongside Aho in the first chain.
The hat trick was Aho’s second of the season. The Finn now has 17 goals. In the 39 matches he has played, Aho has scored 17+23=40.
The Finnish forward is only one goal away from the 200th NHL goal of his career.
The other Finns were also on top of their game. of Florida Anton Lundell scored 1+1 when Florida beat Minnesota 5–3 at home. Lundell scored the opening goal of the match Alexander Barkov serving. He was responsible for the Panthers’ second hit Eetu Luostarinen.
For Florida, the match was already the fifth in a row, from which it gets points.
– It feels really good to win. Overall, the game runs better now. We have confidence. Me and my field try to show it and make way. It feels like we’re fighting now. We have found ways how to play in the position of losing the goal and how to play in the lead position, commented Lundell According to NHL.com. (you switch to another service)
A relief hit for Granlund
Nashville Mikael Granlund also recorded 1+1 performances when the Predators took a 5–3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Juuso Pärssinen scored Nashville’s last hit and Saros made 31 saves for the Predators.
Granlund’s opening goal came just 19 seconds into the game. The fourth hit of the season was a relief for the Finnish striker, as he managed to play 22 matches without a goal. The last time Granlund hit the Islanders’ net was in early December.
The match was finished with one referee, because Francois St. Laurent was injured at the beginning of the second period after receiving a hard shot to the leg.
Also Patrick Laine scored a goal and had an assist as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the San Jose Sharks 5–3. Joonas Korpisalo made 23 saves in goal for Columbus and San Jose Kaapo Kähkönen recorded 24 saves.
The Finns from Dallas scored assists in the Stars’ 4–0 home win over Arizona. Jani Hakanpää assisted on Dallas’ opening goal, Miro Heiskanen of another and Esa Lindell the third hit. Heiskanen also had an assist in Dallas’ 4–0 win.
Artturi Lehkonen excelled as the pitcher for Colorado’s opening goal against Seattle. The match, which ended in a 2–1 victory for Colorado, stretched all the way to a shootout, where the decisive Nathan Mackinnon.
Ville Husso stretched Detroit’s goal to 23 saves against Philadelphia. However, the Flyers won the fight 2–1.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made another save for Buffalo’s win. Anaheim fell 6–3 and the Finnish keeper made 34 saves.
Sabers head coach Don Granato gave the Finnish keeper plenty of praise after the match, even though Luukkonen had to surrender three times in the second period and the last hit seemed to sink easily.
– The Ducks succeeded in some things really well when we gave them time and space. But I think Upie was really good, even after the third goal, which was not an easy situation for him. In that situation, when the game is tied, the goalkeeper is under a lot of pressure, Granato talked.
NHL results:
Calgary-Tampa Bay 6–3
Florida-Minnesota 5-3
F: Lundell 1+1, Luostarinen 1+0, Barkov 0+1
Detroit-Philadelphia 1-2
D: Husso 23/25 saves.
Columbus-San Jose 5–3
C: Laine 1+1, Korpisalo 23/25 saves
S: Kähkönen 24/28 saves
Montreal-Toronto and. 3–2
Buffalo–Anaheim 6–3
B: Luukkonen 34/37 saves
Ottawa-Winnipeg 1–5 (1-1, 0-2, 0-2)
NY Islanders-Carolina 2–5
C: Aho 3+0, Teräväinen 0+2
Dallas-Arizona 4–0
D: Heiskanen 0+2, Hakanpää 0+1, Lindell 0+1
St. Louis-Chicago 3-5
Nashville-Los Angeles 5-3
N: Granlund 1+1, Pärssinen 0+1, Saros 31/34 saves.
Seattle-Colorado vl 1–2
C: Lehkonen 0+1
Vancouver-Edmonton 2-4
Las Vegas-Washington 6–2