Patrik Laine injured his knee in a Columbus Blue Jackets win against Minnesota Wild.
Russian striker for the Washington Capitals Yevgeny Kuznetsov hit the hat trick and all three goals of his team’s actual playing time in the night’s NHL round.
The Capitals eventually won the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in overtime. The winning goal was scored by a Danish striker Lars Eller.
Especially Kuznetsov’s 1-0 goal in the first set was really wonderful and the commentators of the match really surprised. Defender Nick Jensen hit the disc in the chute. The puck bounced off the end plexus in a high arc directly in front of the goal as Kuznetsov was slipping in front of the goal towards the end. The puck hit the attacker’s club arm and bounced off the finish line.
The narrators of the match stated that Kuznetsov did not even notice the puck. Skill or luck – judge for yourself.
All three of Kuznetsov’s goals in the video in the scene of the story.
– The coach tells you to go to the finish line. I just skated there and a lucky bounce came, hit my shoulder. All the players want such goals, I did nothing and I got the goal, Kuznetsov laughed at the press.
Kuznetsov hit again just under a minute from his first goal, in 6.17. At that time, he got a swing from the finish line of the puck to the net Alexander Ovetshkin after the shot.
In the third round, Vancouver started Kirin and took the 3–2 lead. Quinn Hughesin hit as well Bo Horvatin two goals were scored during the first five minutes of the third inning.
Kuznetsov tied the match with five minutes left in the third round. In extra time, the victory was then decided by Eller.
Valtteri Puustinen immediately to the power points – you get praise from your teammate
Winger Valtteri Puustinen was recorded as the second goal scorer for the Pittsburgh Penguins in his NHL debut as the team took home a 5-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Puustinen served a midfield pass to his teammates Brock to McGinn through. McGinn didn’t get the puck in the net, but the loose puck shoveled the paint Jeff Carter.
– His strengths are offensive instincts and finishing, and he really knows how to shoot a puck. If we put him in a playable lineup, we’re going to help him play to his strengths, Pittsburgh Coach Mike Sullivan told the club’s Twitter account before the game.
The 22-year-old Puustinen has played in the AHL League at the Penguins Farm Club in Wilkes-Barre / Scranton earlier this season and has collected 17 + 17 in 53 matches. He is a leader in the points exchange of his AHL club.
Pittsburgh booked Puustinen’s NHL draft in the seventh round in 2019. Last season’s KalPan bred played in the domestic hockey league in the ranks of HPK.
See below for the Pittsburgh paint that was built from Puustinen’s feed in the midfield.
Powered by a striker in a 1 + 1 victory match Bryan Rust praised the team’s new Finnish striker at the press conference after the game. Penguins also raised this on Twitter.
– Really nice, awesome boy. Works hard, really skillful. In the initial rehearsals and rehearsals, he can be seen doing cool tricks on the puck. I look forward to what he can bring to the team, Rust glowed at Puust.
Puustinen ousted another Finnish striker in the stands, Kasperi Kapasen. 25-year-old Kapanen have played 57 matches this season with power points 9 + 17 = 26. Kapanen last scored a goal against Winnipeg in January, after which he has only had two passes in 17 matches.
Columbus won – Laine hurt her leg
The Columbus Blue Jackets won the Minnesota Wild 3-2 match. Blue Jackets Zach Werenski leveled the match at the last minute. The only winner in the rankings was a 21-year-old Russian striker Yegor Chinakhov.
With Wild’s paint Kaapo Kähkönen rejected 26 times. Columbus Patrik Laine got 17 minutes into the game, but the ball went wide.
Laine interrupted the game in overtime when he knocked his knees together Wild’s Swedish defender Jonas Brodinin with.
Laine has had bad luck this season. Before the turn of the year, he missed a lot of games due to an abdominal injury. Recently, Laine has been in a strong mood and for the whole season she has 22 + 20 = 42 in 40 matches.
– We only hope for the best, Larsen had said.
Columbus Blue Jackets – Minnesota Wild vl. 3–2
MIN: Kaapo Kähkönen 26/28 fight
Pittsburgh Penguins – Vegas Golden Knights 5–2
PIT: Valtteri Puustinen 0 + 1
New York Islanders – Winnipeg Jets 5–2
Vancouver Canucks – Washington Capitals and. 3-4