Vejmelka, who stopped six shots in the match, resigned from Kořenář for the second time in the last three starts. Isaac Lundeström overtook him for the first time with a shot under a rash from a quick counterattack by Šustr. The Czech defender, who was acquired by Anaheim at the beginning of March from the list of free agents, scored in his new position for the first and second time in the season, which he started in Tampa Bay. Šustr scored both points (1 + 1) against the Coyotes.
Vejmelka didn’t have a clear conscience for the second goal: he could see Gerald Mayhew’s shot from behind the right circle, but the puck struck him on the catch and fell into the goal. At the third shot, he did not manage to move against the trick Trevor Zegras. The forward of Anaheim picked up the puck on the blade behind the goal and sent it into the net at the right post with a quick maneuver.
Vejmelka then left his place to Kořenář, who caught 26 shots and collected only from the sticks of Cam Fowler and Lundeström. Anaheim thus abruptly ended a series of eleven losses.
Tampa Bay hockey players continue the winning streak. I will bring the fourth match in a row in the famous overseas league to a successful end. This time they won 5: 2 over Chicago on home ice. However, the Czech players Jan Rutta and Ondřej Palát did not succeed in points, as did Dominik Kubalík in the loser’s jersey.
At 4: 2, the guests tried to dramatize the match and called off the goalkeeper. But nineteen seconds before the final siren, Brandon Hagel punished them for the risk. The thrown puck bounced off the back guard in front of an empty cage and the Canadian comfortably sealed the score.
Detroit, together with Filip Zadina, his namesake Hronek and Jakub Vrána, lost to Ottawa 2: 5. Both Detroit goals were scored by Lucas Raymond, who adjusted the score to 1: 1 and in the 54th minute to 2: 4. In the second case, he benefited from Hronek’s overview, who indicated a shot in the left circle and then passed it in front of an empty goal.
The last word was given by Mathieu Joseph, who completed a hat-trick during the home team’s power play. The Ottawa striker scored all three goals in the final period, making his NHL debut Madsi Sogaard more comfortable, covering 27 of the 29 shots.
Edmonton had a great game at home against St. Louis, when he led 4: 1 after the first twenty minutes and probably none of the Oilmen thought that the duel should not end in their victory. In the end, the Oilers really rejoiced, but in the end they only had to win in overtime. The winner of Edmonton was hit by the star Connor McDavid, for whom it was the second accurate hit in the match. The pass was given to him by the German Leon Draisaitl.
| NHL match results: |
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| Buffalo – Nashville 4:3 (3:3, 1:0, 0:0) |
| Goals: 7th and 14th Tages Thompson, 3rd Krebs, 35th Olofsson – 5th F. Forsberg, 18th McCarron, 20th Lauzon. Shots on goal: 35:25. Attendance: 19,070. Match stars: 1. Tage Thompson, 2. Tuch, 3. Krebs (all Buffalo). |
| NY Rangers – NY Islanders 0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) |
| Goals: 3. Cizikas, 25. Martin, 43. Barzal. Shots on goal: 27:18. Attendance: 17,325. Match Stars: 1. Barzal, 2. Varlamov, 3. Cizikas (all NY Islanders). |
| Tampa Bay – Chicago 5:2 (2:2, 2:0, 1:0) |
| Goals: 27th and 33rd Colton, 7th Stamkos, 11th Point, 60th Hagel – 13th De Haan, 18th DeBrincat. Shots on goal: 43:23. Attendance: 19,092. Match Stars: 1. Paul, 2. Colton, 3. Kučerov (all Tampa Bay). |
| Detroit – Ottawa 2:5 (0:1, 1:0, 1:4) |
| Goals: 23rd and 54th Raymond (second Hronek) – 44th, 54th and 57th Joseph, 6th Watson, 43rd Norris. Shots on goal: 29:32. Attendance: 17,563. Match Stars: 1. Soogard, 2. Joseph (both Ottawa), 3. Raymond (Detroit). |
| Edmonton – St. Gallen Louis 6: 5 in overtime (4: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2 – 1: 0) |
| Goals: 2nd and 5th Hyman, 14th and 62nd McDavid, 11th E. Kane, 38th Nurse – 5th and 43rd Buvičvič, 22nd Thomas, 36th B. Schenn, 49th Barbashev. Shots on goal: 40:36. Attendance: 16,310. Match Stars: 1. E. Kane, 2. McDavid, 3. Hyman (all Edmonton). |
| Seattle – Vegas 2:5 (0:1, 0:2, 2:2) |
| Goals: 51st Wennberg, 59th Lind – 11th and 22nd Eichel, 28th Theodore, 58th Marchessault, 60th W. Karlsson. Shots on goal: 28:26. Attendance: 17,151. Match Stars: 1. L. Thompson (Vegas), 2. McCann (Seattle), 3. Eichel (Vegas). |
| Arizona – Anaheim 0:5 (0:3, 0:1, 0:1) |
| Goals: 4th and 48th Lundeström (on the first Šustr), 8th Mayhew, 10th Zegras, 26th Fowler. Shots on goal: 22:37. Karel Vejmelka caught 9:42 minutes in Arizona, collected three goals from nine shots and had a success rate of 66.67 percent. Josef Kořenář caught 50:18 minutes for Arizona, collected two goals from 28 shots and had a success rate of 92.9 percent. Attendance: 13,587. Match Stars: 1. Zegras, 2. Lundeström, 3. Stolarz (all Anaheim). |
