Slovak hockey player Tomáš Tatar scored his first goal of the season in the overseas NHL on Sunday night. The 33-year-old forward also scored an assist and helped New Jersey, in the lineup with Šimon Nemec, triumph 5:3 on the ice of Washington with Martin Fehérváry. Juraj Slafkovský contributed two assists to Montreal’s 4:1 victory over Ottawa.
Tatar started in the traditional formation with Dawson Mercer and captain Nic Hischier. He scored the first accurate strike of the year in the 24th minute of the duel, when Stefan Noesen found him from behind the goal and the Slovak beat Charlie Lindgren twice. The experienced striker later passed on Mercer’s goal, which he converted with a shot into an empty net to make the final score 5:3. Tatar played 13:57 minutes and, in addition to two points, also scored a “plus” and four shots.
The German spent 14:35 minutes on the ice, had three shots and one plus point. The Devils players triumphed in the third out of four duels, Erik Haula and Noesen had a balance of 0+3, Paul Cotter made it twice and defender Seamus Casey scored the second goal of the season. Fehérváry played 20:59 minutes, achieved two “minuses”, two shots and one hit. It was the first duel in the new season for the Capitals.
Washington Capitals – New Jersey Devils 3:5 (1:2, 1:2, 1:1) Goals: 11. Carlson (Dubois, D. Strome), 21. D. Strome (Carlson, Ovečkin), 42. Wilson ( McMichael) – 14. Casey (Bratt, Meier), 17. Cotter (Noesen, Haula), 24. Tatar (Noesen, Haula), 34. Cotter (Noesen, Haula), 60. Mercer (Tatar, Hischier)
Tomáš Tatar’s goal (90) through Martin Fehérváry (42):
Tomáš Tatar’s assistance:
Slafkovský recorded assists on two of Cole Caufield’s goals. In the 16th minute, he found him with a cross pass, and the 23-year-old American striker aimed exactly over Linus Ullmark’s left shoulder. The Slovak winger was also in the last accurate intervention in the meeting, when captain Nick Suzuki got into a separate escape, Ullmark still destroyed his chance, but Caufield reached the net.
Slafkovský played 13:38 minutes, had one shot and two “pluses”. After three duels, he has a record of 0+3. The first goal in the pro league was scored by Swedish striker Emil Heineman, who used a power play in the 11th minute to send the Canadiens to a 1:0 lead.
Montreal Canadiens – Ottawa Senators 4:1 (2:0, 0:0, 2:1) Goals: 11. Heineman (Dvorak), 16. Caufield (Matheson, Slafkovský), 44. Newhook (Hutson, Guhle), 48. Caufield (Suzuki, Slafkovský) – 46. Stützle (B. Tkachuk)
Slafkovský’s assistance (20):
Slafkovský’s second assist:
Calgary Flames – Philadelphia Flyers 6:3 (2:0, 1:2, 3:1) Goals: 6. Huberdeau (Pospíšil, Mantha), 8. Weegar (Huberdeau, Kuzmenko), 35. Kadri (Kuzmenko, Huberdeau), 55. Backlund (Coleman, Zary), 56. Huberdeau (Pospíšil, Bean), 59. Kadri (Kuzmenko, Weegar) – 28. Konecny (Laughton, E. Johnson), 39. Farabee (Brink, Couturier), 58. Konecny (Mičkov, Frost)
Buffalo Sabers – Florida Panthers 5:2 (2:1, 2:1, 1:0) Goals: 17. Greenway (Krebs), 18. T. Thompson (Tuch, Clifton), 22. Jokiharju (Dahlin, Quinn), 37. Samuelsson (Zucker, McLeod), 59. Tuch – 10. Schmidt (Greer, J. Boqvist), 39. Bennett (Reinhart, Rodrigues)
Toronto Maple Leafs – Pittsburgh Penguins 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1) Goals: 21. Nylander, 23. Knies (Rielly, Marner), 43. Marner, 60. Nylander (Domi) – 11. Letang (Crosby, Malkin), 53. Rakell (Malkin)
Cam Talbot stopped 42 shots for Nashville and had a clean sheet in the first game for Detroit. The Red Wings won 3-0, with JT Compher, Andrew Copp and Dylan Larkin scoring. The Predators did not succeed in the second meeting of the season either.
Detroit Red Wings – Nashville Predators 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0) Goals: 22. Compher (Chiarot, Seider), 47. Copp (Raymond, Edvinsson), 60. Larkin
The Utah players succeeded in the third game after moving from Arizona, the victory of the Hockey Club on the ice of the New York Rangers was decided 6:5 in overtime with Clayton Keller’s second goal of the game. The captain also scored an assist. Nick Schmaltz had three assists for the guests and Barrett Hayton had a 1+1 record. The Rangers did not win once in the meeting, Adam Fox had three assists and Artemij Panarin scored two goals.
New York Rangers – Utah Hockey Club 5:6 (1:1, 3:4, 1:0 – 0:1) ppGóly: 9. Panarin (Lafrenière), 24. Panarin (Fox, Trocheck), 30. K. Miller (Fox), 38. Schneider (Trouba, Cuylle), 53. Cuylle (Fox, Kakko) – 4. Hayton (Keller, Schmaltz), 22. McBain (Koljačonok, L. Cooley), 27. Keller (Kerfoot), 29 . Stenlund (Maccelli), 34. Guenther (Schmaltz, Hayton), 65. Keller
Goalkeeper Jake Oettinger didn’t score either, when he helped Dallas win with 32 saves. The Stars beat the New York Islanders 3-0 as well, and Tyler Seguin’s two goals played a big part in that. Captain Jamie Benn also stood out for the home team.
Dallas Stars – New York Islanders 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0) Goals: 8. Seguin (Marchment, Duchene), 31. Benn (W. Johnston), 59. Seguin (Marchment, Steel)
Minnesota Wild – Seattle Kraken 4:5 (1:0, 1:2, 2:2 – 0:0) snGoals: 10. Zuccarello (Kaprizov, Rossi), 22. Boldy (Kaprizov, Zuccarello), 42. Kaprizov (Rossi , Faber), 53. Hartman (Boldy, Spurgeon) – 22. Eberle (McCann, Montour), 29. Eberle (Burakovsky, Dunn), 43. Kartye (B. Tanev, Gourde), 57. McCann (R. Evans, Burakovsky), decision rent Eberl
Colorado Avalanche – Columbus Blue Jackets 4:6 (1:2, 2:3, 1:1) Goals: 20. MacKinnon (Ivan, Rantanen), 23. Wood (Kelly, de Haan), 24. Mittelstadt (Colton, Makar ), 59. Colton (MacKinnon, Makar) – 7. Werenski (Činachov, Monahan), 8. K. Johnson (Christiansen), 22. Fantilli (Labanc, Tarasov), 25. Marchenko (Severson), 30. Činachov (Monahan , Marčenko), 60. Monahan (Marčenko, Činachov)
Edmonton Oilers – Chicago Blackhawks 2:5 (0:1, 1:2, 1:2) Goal: 25. Perry (J. Skinner, Ekholm), 51. Draisaitl (McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins) – 16. Kurashev (Hall , Kaiser), 31. S. Jones (Bedard, Teräväinen), 34. Bedard (Teräväinen, Brodie), 46. Teräväinen (S. Jones, Bedard), 60. Teräväinen (A. Vlasic, S. Jones)
San Jose Sharks – Anaheim Ducks 0:2 (0:0, 0:0, 0:2) Goals: 51. Lundeström (McGinn, Leason), 59. Zegras (Fowler, McTavish)
