Pavel Francouz led the NHL Colorado to victory for the third time in a row, this time 4: 3 after the raids over Arizona. The Czech goalkeeper caught 23 shots and was not overtaken by any of the three players in the shootout. Karel Vejmelka remained on the side of the losers.
Lukáš Dostál, who made his competition debut five days ago, also intervened in Friday’s program. Comet’s scorer reached Anaheim’s goal in the 43rd minute with a score of 1: 6 and in the rest of the match he scored one goal out of thirteen shots in Minnesota.
Colorado led 2: 0 in the 13th minute, Mikko Rantan and Tyler Jost prevailed, and Valery Nichushkin hit the post. But Arizona turned around. Clayton Keller reduced the weakness from the escape, then overtook the French with shots without preparation from the right circle to the closer pole Johan Larsson and Shayne Gostisbehere. Andre Burakovsky equalized within half a minute and succeeded in the shootout only in the third series with a forehand handle Nazem Kadri.
“I’m really happy that we won, but I’m not very happy with my performance,” the Frenchman said self-critically. “It’s not easy when there aren’t many shots at you in the match and you’re waiting for every intervention. I wish I could take back the third goal. Thank God my teammates saved me,” he added. Colorado overshot the second weakest team in the competition 47:26 and won at home for the thirteenth time in a row.
Minnesota entered the third period with a 3: 1 lead, which it increased to 6: 1 in 125 seconds. After gluing the goals, Anthony Stolarz passed the place to Dostál, who last time caught a 4: 3 win after the raids over Detroit. After the start, the Czech goalkeeper held the team with excellent interventions and reduced Anaheim with two goals. Another drama was rejected by Matt Dumba, who swept the upper corner of Dostál’s goal from the ring and adjusted it to the final 7: 3.
“Each of us was upset when we lost five times in a row. We started again with important wins in Boston and at home with Washington (both for a goal). Today we continued our game, we gave a very good performance again. The pucks came to us reflected, we scored nice goals, “enjoyed Mats Zuccarella, who signed the Wild by three points (2 + 1). The home team bounced from 3: 1 to 5: 1 in four seconds of playing time, the club record is even a second shorter.
Florida spread Dallas 7: 1 on its ice and again took the lead in the competition. The home team took the lead in the 36th minute 6-0 and the main scorer of the win was Sam Bennett, who scored the second hat-trick of the season and added an assist on top. His attack teammate Jonathan Huberdeau had the opposite balance (1 + 3).
“There are matches where you get everything in the goal. You try to take advantage of it because it doesn’t happen often. But the whole team played very well from start to finish,” said Bennett.
Florida has confirmed that it does not award points at home. She won 20 of 23 matches in her arena. Dallas is also struggling outside, scoring just nine of 32 possible points on the ice this season.
“It’s about self-confidence. We don’t dare take the action we play at home. I don’t know what else to say,” said Dallas striker Radek Faksa, who was on the ice for three goals collected. On the side of the winners, Radko Gudas scored two positive points and three deductions.
NHL:
Florida – Dallas 7:1 (2:0, 4:0, 1:1)
Goals: 33rd, 36th and 56th S. Bennett, 4th Forsling, 9th Duclair, 26th Verhaeghe, 27th Huberdeau – 42nd Hintz. Goal shot: 39:30. Attendance: 15,022. Match Stars: 1. S. Bennett, 2. Huberdeau, 3. Duclair (all Florida).
Minnesota – Anaheim 7:3 (3:1, 0:0, 4:2)
Goals: 15. and 41. Zuccarello, 8. Fiala, 9. Hartman, 41. Boldy, 43. V. Rask, 52. Dumba – 12. Comtois, 45. D. Grant, 47. Zegras. Shots on goal: 42:42. Lukáš He got it caught in Anaheim 17:55 minutes, collected one goal out of 13 shots and had a success rate of 92.3 percent. Attendance: 18,300. Match Stars: 1. Zuccarello, 2. Boldy, 3. Hartman (all Minnesota).
Colorado – Arizona 4: 3 sam. raids (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1 – 0: 0)
Goals: 5. Rantanen, 13. Jost, 42. Burakovsky, deciding sam. Kadri raid – 18. Keller, 27. J. Larsson, 41. Gostisbehere. Shots on goal: 47:26. Pavel Frenchman caught the whole game for Colorado, collected three goals from 26 shots and had a success rate of 88.5 percent. Attendance: 17,072. Match Stars: 1. Burakovsky, 2. D. Toews, 3. Rantanen (all Colorado).
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