The celebrant Nečas scored the first point after three duels in the early second period, when the Hurricanes took the lead 2: 1. The Czech national team from behind the goal passed to Andrej NHL | Boston – Carolina 1: 7, Pastrnaka et al. swept the hurricane. Vanecek caught Washington's win”>Svečnikov and he quickly moved the puck between the rings to the successfully finishing Vincent Vancouver 4: 1, Nečas celebrated his birthday with a goal and a pass, Chytil and Kubalík also fired. Vanecek picked up zero”>Trocheck.
In the 25th minute, Nečas registered among the shooters for the first time since December 12 and after seven matches. The native of Nové Město na Moravě solved the renumbering with a shot from the circle and increased it to 3: 1 by bouncing off the crossbar. The holder of two titles with the Brno Comet experienced the fourth two-point match of the season and improved overall to 21 points (8 + 13) in 33 duels. In addition, he rounded the number of points in the NHL to 100 (39 + 61), for which he needed 158 games.
For Wilson in a duel with the Islanders, Tom Wilson and Russian gunner Alexander Ovechkin made it into the empty net during the final power play of the home team after a four-match fast. Twenty-five-year-old Vaněček scored his third net account in the NHL, the second against the Islanders. Libor Suchánek directed the duel from the position of a line referee.
Boston led by two goals against Nashville after eight minutes, but the guests lowered in the opening act and leveled in the second. The Bruins rebounded again at the start of Part Three thanks to Brad Marchand’s power play, but Swiss Predators captain Roman Josi arranged an overtime. He topped the 39th spot of the year at the head of productivity by Victor Hedman of Tampa Bay.
The fifth victory in Boston in a row was arranged by Hall, who received Pastrňák’s shot from the ring. The 25-year-old native of Havířov scored in the fourth of the last five matches and with the 31st point he reached the most productive Czech in the competition of Tomáš Hertl from San Jose. Pastrňák’s teammate Tomáš Nosek came out empty-handed. Goalkeeper David Rittich remained on the Nashville substitution.
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| Carolina – Vancouver 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0) |
| Goals: 9. Aho, 22. Trocheck (Nečas), 25. Nečas, 45. Lorentz – 14. Horvat. Shots on goal: 33:31. Attendance: 17,435. Match Stars: 1. Nečas, 2. A. Svečnikov, 3. Trocheck (all Carolina). |
| Boston – Nashville 4: 3 in overtime (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1 – 1: 0) |
| Goals: 4. C. Smith, 8. Reilly, 44. Marchand, 62. Hall (Pastrňák) – 15. Sissons, 28. Kunin, 47. Josi. Shots on goal: 44:29. Attendance: 17,850. Match Stars: 1. Hall, 2. Marchand (both Boston), 3. Josi (Nashville). |
| New York Islanders – Washington 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1) |
| Goals: 5. Wilson, 60. Ovechkin. Shots on goal: 23:36. Vítek Vaněček caught the whole match for Washington and did not collect from 23 shots. Attendance: 17,255. Match Stars: 1. Wilson (Washington), 2. Varlamov (Islanders), 3. Vaněček (Washington) |
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