Ice hockey league in the NHL Miro Heiskanen had an effective night as he led Dallas to a 3-1 win over Seattle. The Finnish defender was involved in every Dallas goal. The win also meant that Dallas won the central division.
A division win is a rare treat. The last time Dallas won the central division was in 2016. Over the last eighteen years, Dallas has won the division twice.
Heiskanen reminded that the victory was of course a wonderful thing, but the main work is still far from finished.
– This is only the first step. There is still a long way to go. I think we are defending really well now. We haven’t created many chances. Our goalkeepers have been really good. The defense has been really good and the defenders have scored some goals. We have played well on the offensive end as well, but I think the defense has been much better recently, Heiskanen said on the NHL website.
In their last game of the regular season, Dallas can even win the entire regular season of the NHL. New York Rangers are one point ahead of Dallas before the last games.
Heiskanen was chosen as the number one star of the Seattle match.
Heiskanen himself was responsible for Dallas’ last goal. The goal was created in a special way. Heiskanen tried to shoot first himself, but was blocked by Seattle’s defense. The puck bounced behind the goal. Heiskanen went around from behind the goal and was able to shoot from the front corner of the puck into the goal of the German goalkeeper by Philipp Grubauer through the mask.
Scored Seattle’s only goal Kailer Yamamoto surprised Heiskanen’s hit.
– The last goal was a strange bounce. Except for Heiska, no one knew where the puck was. He skates around. The goalie already had the puck, but it bounced badly off his shoulder. “Honestly, we played well today,” Yamamoto said.
Lundell and Barkov were dazzled
Florida, on the other hand, secured the home advantage when the Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabers 3–2 in overtime.
Anton Lundell dazzled when scoring Florida’s opening goal. Lundell magicked a goal in a small space from the knuckle. Buffalo’s Finnish goalkeeper Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was powerless on goal.
Lundell has reached a great mood in April. Four goals have been scored in six games
Lundell himself took a calm approach to the situation.
– It’s always nice if your own chain is able to help the team win games, Lundell said according to the NHL’s website.
There was also a strong Finnish color in the decision of the match in extra time. Florida Captain Alexander Barkov took the disc and served it For Sam Reinhart to score, and Reinhart made no mistake.
Reinhart wasn’t sure how the puck ended up in Barkov, but he saw a good place to make a shot in the situation. Barkov’s magnificent exploitation was not surprising in itself.
– I’m not shocked that Barkov fights like that, Reinhart smiled.
Colorado squatted ugly in Rantanen’s comeback game
Mikko Rantanen returned to Colorado’s ranks after a two-game break, but Colorado suffered a crushing defeat to Winnipeg with the scores 0–7.
Rantanen, who whistled due to the concussion protocol, was on the ice for a good 16 minutes. The power readings went below freezing by three goals. Rantanen shot twice in the match.
The loss was brutal in that sense, as Colorado and Winnipeg will also meet in the opening round of the playoffs.
Colorado forward Andrew Cogliano you handled the situation tough after the crushing defeat. Winnipeg rallied for a four-goal runaway in the opening set.
– I think we are too far into this season to be able to shrug our shoulders and say that they had the game and we didn’t, Cogliano vented his disappointment on the NHL website.
Cogliano recalled that Winnipeg tackled hard while Colorado did not. According to him, Winnipeg took advantage of Colorado’s mistakes. According to Cogliano, many of them could be explained through spiritual aspects.
– I do not know. This is disappointing. The big picture is that when you fall behind a team like that like this, it’s hard to get back up.
New York Rangers – New York Islanders 3–2
Dallas-Seattle 3-1
Dallas: Miro Heiskanen 1+2
Colorado – Winnipeg 0-7
Colorado: Justus Annune 8 of 11 saves
Florida-Buffalo 3-2
Florida: Anton Lundell 1+0, Aleksander Barkov 0+1
Buffalo: Ukko-Pekka Lukkonen 39/42 saves, Henri Jokiharju 0+1
Philadelphia – New Jersey 1-0
New Jersey: Kaapo Kähkönen 20/21 saves
Washington – Tampa Bay 4–2
Toronto–Detroit 4–5 and.
Ottawa – Montreal 5–4 vl.
Ottawa: Joonas Korpisalo 21/25 saves
Nashville-Columbus 6-4
Nashville: Juuse Saros 31/35 saves, Kevin Lankinen 272 saves
Edmonton-Vancouver 1-3
Pittsburgh-Boston 4-6
Los Angeles Kings – Anaheim 3–1