The goal gaped empty, but a Nashville player hit the post – an opponent’s hat trick ended the premature celebration | Sport

Kaapo Kako’s New York Rangers were the first to clear their way to the second round of the NHL playoffs. Kakko scored his team’s opening goal in the match.

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In the NHL playoffs, the fourth meeting between the Vancouver Canucks and the Nashville Predators left much to be desired in the last minutes of the game.

Nashville was still there at the beginning of the third period, when Filip Forsberg immediately scored 3-1 on the board at the start of the set.

Made a hat trick in the match Brock Boeser served as Vancouver’s engine. The team rallied alongside Nashville and eventually passed to win 4–3.

In the closing moments of the match, Nashville Colton Sissons wasted a free goal slot by shooting the post when Vancouver played without a goalkeeper and the goal was empty. Moments later, Boeser brought his team on level terms. Boeser deflected the 3-3 equalizer when there were only eight seconds left in the game.

At the same time, Boeser stopped the party that had already started on the Nashville bench.

– We have been ready for such moments. We didn’t give up until the final buzzer and that’s how it should be. We continued the fight until the last moments and after narrowing down, we took control of the match, Boeser described According to Sportsnet.

Vancouver’s hero was on his winning goal Elias Lindholm, when the overtime had been played for about a minute. Lindholm joined the team at the end of the regular season.

– Sustainability is our word. It’s been that way all year. We’ve gotten through some tough spots we’ve been put in. It may not look pretty like it does today. But somehow we just worked it out, Vancouver head coach Rick Tocchet said.

Vancouver now leads the first round playoff series 3–1.

Juuse Saros with the goal of the Nashville Predators made the entire evening talk. The saves of the Finnish keeper, who received 20 shots, were not enough.

– We played really well for 55 minutes. We just didn’t get the win and that happens sometimes. Away from home, we need to win, but we’ve done that before, Nashville captain Roman Josi said after the match.

Nashville shot 30 times against the Latvian goaltender, who was playing in his first career NHL playoff game by Arturs Silovs paint.

The series will be interrupted for the first time on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday at Vancouver’s home arena.

Rangers are the first to advance

The New York Rangers took a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on away ice on Sunday and thus advanced to the next round with a 4-0 victory.

The goal account of the New Yorkers opened Kaapo Kako, after 57 seconds of the match had been played. The second was able to hit the puck freely into the net when the Capitals defender Nick Jensen lost the puck in front of his own goal. The goal was Kako’s first power point of the playoffs.

Washington came alongside the Rangers twice and the third set started with a 2-2 tie. Rangers Artemi Panarin however, decided the match in 43:21 and Jack Roslovic finished the final score with an empty net in the last minute of the game.

The Rangers will face either the Carolina Hurricanes or the New York Islanders in the second round of the playoffs.

Artturi Lehkonen continued his top form in the playoffs, when the Finnish forward scored 1+1 in the Colorado Avalanche’s 5–1 home win against the Winnipeg Jets. The hit was Lehkonen’s fourth in these playoffs. Valery Nitshuškin scored a hat trick in the match.

The Avalanche are only one win away from the playoff spot with the wins being 3–1. The Avalanche have their first chance to break the streak between Tuesday and Wednesday night.