Underweight specialist Joel Armia is on a streak – Sebastian Aho is the top name among Finns in that NHL statistic | Sport

Montreal’s Joel Armia scored two goals against his old club Buffalo, but only one of them was allowed.

In the NHL, the Buffalo Sabers went on a raid in Montreal and won the match 6–1.

The last period started with a 2–1 situation, but the visitors from Buffalo hammered the puck into the home team’s goal four more times.

In the second period, Montreal’s only goal was scored by a Finnish striker underpowered Joel Armia. The 30-year-old Armia first stole the puck from the Sabres’ Swedish defender From Rasmus Dahlinafter which he shot the puck past the Buffalo goalie Devon Levin behind the back.

Armia surprised goalkeeper Levi twice in the match, but only the underpowered goal was accepted. The Finn hit for the first time at the beginning of the second period, when he shot the puck into the goal exactly from the blue line. The reason for disallowing the goal was goalkeeper interference.

Montreal’s second Finnish forward Jesse Ylönen shot as many as five times in the match, but without a result. Playing in a Buffalo jersey Henri Jokiharju on the other hand clocked a good 17 minutes of ice time and blocked three shots.

Specialists in underpowered goals

The underpowered goal was Armia’s second in this season’s regular season. In his NHL career, Armia has hit underpowered no less than 14 times.

The forward from Pori has underpowered the crossbar for eight seasons in a row. In the 2016–17 season, while playing for the Winnipeg Jets, Armia scored no less than four underpowered goals.

Armia, booked for Buffalo in 2011, has the 14th most low power goals among active players in the series. Of the Finns, only Carolina Sebastian Ahol has more underpowered hits than Armia (17). Despite his younger age, 26-year-old Aho has a hundred games more than him. Armia, who ventured into the world from Pori, has suffered from several injuries in her career.

Boston’s Canadian forward leads that statistic Brad Marchand with 34 goals. The 35-year-old Stanley Cup winner has played almost 1,000 games in the league.

When you look at the best scorers of underpowered goals of all time, it’s no surprise who is the top name in the statistics. With the most powerful player of all time With Wayne Gretzky no less than 73 underpowered goals have been scored in his career.