The Canadian media Sportsnet tried to feast on Sebastian Ajoje’s duel in the NHL playoffs, but it immediately went wrong.
In the opening game of the NHL playoffs, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Islanders 3–1.
Canadian media giant Sportsnet is marketing the start of the playoffs as the Sebastian Aho Bowl, as both Carolina and New York play Sebastian Aho.
Carolina’s star forward is the well-known Finnish Sebastian Aho, but the Islanders have a Swedish defenseman Sebastian Aho.
– Only one Sebastian Aho can rule, Sportsnet declared and cheered this spring’s first NHL playoff game.
However, Sportsnet caught on quickly. Islanders defender Aho was left out of the team’s lineup even when he was healthy. Many people noticed it on social media.
Some people think the whole thing about the dueling of the Sebastians was very worn out, because they have played against each other many times before. Carolina and the New York Islanders also met last year in the NHL playoffs.
The Finns of Carolina Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teräväinen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi went without power points in this spring’s playoff opener.
Carolina had a sharp start to the match Yevgeny Kuznetsov scoring a goal in the second minute of the match. of the New York Islanders Kyle McLean however, tied the match in the opening set.
Carolina’s goalkeeper became the character of the match Frederik Andersen. The Dane made 33 saves in the match. Even though the only goal seemed to go fairly easily, after the game there was praise for another great save in a tie in the third period.
Noah Dobson hit the post first. Then, in the fight for the goal, own defender Brett Pesce knocked down Andersen, but the Dane stretched out after that for a nice stretch.
– I threw the technique guide out the window and tried to do something to get closer to the puck and make something out of the situation, Andersen carved on the NHL website.
After this Stefan Noesen hit Carolina, and the Islanders were no longer able to get up and fight for the win.
– We weren’t good, that’s clear. The Islanders are a perfect example of a team that has been playing playoff hockey for a month. We are not. As the game went on, we started to get up to speed and understand what this is like again, the head coach of Carolina Rod Brind’Amour said, referring to how the Islanders fought for a long time for their own playoff spot.
Kuznetsov, who scored Carolina’s opening goal, saw Andersen’s save as the decisive turning point in the match.
– That save at the beginning of the third period was big. The first 40 minutes were not acceptable from us. We have to clean up our play, because both our goalies are playing good hockey. We must help them. We cannot make their job more difficult, Kuznetsov said.
In the second NHL playoff game of the night, Boston defeated Toronto 5–1. No Finns were seen in the match.