Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teräväinen scored when Carolina defeated Tampa with goals 4–0. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, on the other hand, was humbled by Pittsburgh’s handling.
In the NHL round of the night, Carolina Sebastian Aho mixed Teuvo Teräväinen grabbed the goals to a man, when Carolina seeded Tampa cleanly 4–0.
Teräväinen started scoring with superiority, and already in the third minute of the match. With his pass, Aho reached his Finnish teammate who was free in the middle, who made no mistake.
Teräväinen’s hit was already the man’s ninth this season. The Finnish striker is playing the last year of his five-year contract and the result has been in line with that. In 15 matches played, convincing effects 9+1=10 have been created. Teräväinen scored 13 goals in his 74 regular season matches last season, so the goal pace has been exceptionally fast compared to that. If the 29-year-old continues scoring goals at the same rate throughout the season, he will have a whopping 49 goals at the end of the season.
Aho, on the other hand, beat the visiting team Carolina 2–0 in the second period of the match. Aho got to the loose puck and pushed the puck past the Swedish goalkeeper of Tampa by Jonas Johansson.
Aho, who is playing in his eighth season in the NHL, is fourth in the Finns’ points market with 4+9=13.
In the end, Carolina won the match cleanly with goals 4–0.
Tampa, on the other hand, won the previous meeting between the teams this season with a score of 3–0. In the last six meetings between the teams, the other team has always been 0-0. The wins in these matches are tied 3–3.
Tampa is in ninth place in the Eastern Conference and the team has lost three of its last five matches. Carolina, on the other hand, is in fourth place in the same conference. The Finnish-represented group is tied with Detroit, which is in third place.
Pittsburgh on a winning streak
Pittsburgh Penguins got Finland’s time the night before Sunday against them Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Henri Jokiharjun represented by Buffalo.
Pittsburgh was the rude host in the match and recorded a clear victory with a score of 4–0. The guarantor of the victory was the Swedish defender who moved from San Jose to Pittsburgh in the summer Erik Karlsson with two goals.
However, he was responsible for perhaps the finest individual situation of the match Yevgeni Malkin, who surprised Luukkonen with a knuckle shot from a very small angle. The shot bounced through Luukkonen’s mask and into the goal net.
Jokiharju clocked almost 14 minutes of ice time in the match. On the other hand, a total of 39 shots were fired at Luukko in the match, of which the Finnish striker blocked 36 shots. Luukkonen has blocked pucks in seven games this season with a save percentage of 90.34.
Buffalo and Pittsburgh are found in consecutive places in the standings of the Eastern Conference. The Bison team is 12th and Pittsburgh is right behind.
The penguin flock’s first steps in the 23-24 season were poor, but recently the team has improved significantly in terms of wins. With the win over Buffalo, the team joins a four-game winning streak. The experienced group will receive it next Patrik Laine Finnish time represented by Columbus on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
NHL round matches:
Montreal–Boston 3–2
Ottawa–Calgary 4–1
Tampa–Carolina 0 to 4 (CAR: Teräväinen 1+0, Aho 1+1)
Toronto–Vancouver 5–2
NY Islanders–Washington 1–4
Pittsburgh–Buffalo 4–0 (BUF: Luukkonen 36/39 save)
Nashville–Arizona 5–7
Colorado–St. Louis 2–8 (COL: Rantanen 1+0)
Seattle–Edmonton 1–4 in progress
Los Angeles–Philadelphia 1–3 in progress
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