Twice in a row, a 31-year-old native of Pilsen was given the opportunity in the Avelanche goal, and it immediately brought the Denver team full points. In the duel with Winnipeg, however, the home players literally had a terrible start and after the first period they lost 0: 3. However, coach Jared Bednar kept his head calm, did not make a change to the goalkeeper’s position, which in the end, thanks to the great Frenchman and the offensive storm in the next phase of the match, paid off.
Gabriel Landeskog’s hat-trick and Nathan MacKinnon’s two goals, a reliable Czech national team member – a final score of 6: 3 and already 80 points, which the best team in the entire NHL achieved this season. Even with this turnaround, the Avelanche players showed that they are very strong again this year. The Czech goalkeeper finished the match with a success rate of 89.7%.
After tonight, Carolina dominates the Eastern Conference for a change. Martin Nečas, who assisted in the goal of Vincent Trocheck, also took part in a cool win over Columbus. The home team shot their juice in a rarely seen 50:19 ratio. In addition, the fantastic Dan Frederik Andersen secured his teammates from the goal and did not let a single puck behind his back.
Final score 4: 0 and two Europeans as the stars of the match. The first is the two-point Swiss Nino Niederreiter, the second is the aforementioned one-hundred-pound, which defends the Hurricanes shrine.
“I don’t want to make excuses, but I was afraid that after yesterday’s match (on the ice of Florida), which was challenging in all respects and cost us a lot of energy, we would not have enough energy. That was confirmed. We usually say we were half a step away. behind, but this time we missed a good move everywhere, “said Columbus coach Brad Larsen, whose charges have won the previous four games. Jakub Voráček, who scored two goals on the Florida ice, did not even score this time.
In an evening shootout, Chicago defeated New Jersey 8: 5. A unique two hat tricks, in addition to one team, a clear North American night event. Both star Patrick Kane and young Canadian Brandon Hagel scored three goals.
In the club’s history in Chicago, for the fourth time since the 1967/68 season and for the first time since 2003, two of its players scored three goals in the same match.
Karel Vejmelka acted as a substitute for Scott Wedgewood, who was the main architect of Arizona’s 3: 1 win over Vegas with 43 interventions. The Canadian goalkeeper was the first to collect from William Carrier’s pole in the 32nd minute, but Shayne Gostisbehere equalized in the middle period and Nick Schmaltz scored in the last half.
The Los Angeles Kings arrived an hour before the match due to the covid protocol for coach Todd McLellan, but even without him they won in Anaheim 4: 1. The guests decided in the middle period, in which, thanks to two goals by Adrian Kempe, they bounced from 1: 0 into a four-goal blockbuster. The home team just lost Jonathan Quick’s net for the rest of the match, which caught the 350th victory in the NHL.
“The boys played very well. I told them they didn’t need a coach at the substitute today,” said McLellan’s assistant, Trent Yawney, who was the head coach for the first time in his career.
| NHL Results: |
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| Carolina – Columbus 4:0 (0:0, 2:0, 2:0) |
| Goals: 30. J. Staal, 39. T. Teräväinen, 42. Niederreiter, 42. Trocheck (Nečas). Shots on goal: 50:19. Attendance: 17,112. Match Stars: 1. Niederreiter, 2. Andersen, 3. J. Staal (all Carolina). |
| St. Louis – Buffalo 5:3 (2:1, 1:1, 2:1) |
| Goals: 8th and 15th Cyrus, 40th Walman, 54th Parayko, 60th B. Schenn – 2nd Cozens, 24th Okposo, 53rd Tage Thompson. Shots on goal: 23:38. Attendance: 18,096. Match Stars: 1. Kyrou, 2. Parayko, 3. Walman (all St. Louis) |
| Chicago – New Jersey 8:5 (1:2, 3:1, 4:2) |
| Goals: 8th, 35th and 60th Hagel, 22nd, 32nd and 59th P. Kane, 55th Dach, 55th Carpenter – 38th and 56th Bratt, 10th J. Hughes, 19th Sharangovic, 49 Siegenthaler. Shots on goal: 37:36. Attendance: 19,343. Match Stars: 1. P. Kane, 2. Hagel, 3. Carpenter (all Chicago) |
| Colorado – Winnipeg 6:3 (0:3, 3:0, 3:0) |
| Goals: 24th, 38th and 54th Landeskog, 33rd and 53rd MacKinnon, 41st Burakovsky – 3rd Connor, 8th J. Svechnikov, 17th Lowry. Shots on goal: 42:28. Pavel Francouz caught the whole match for Colorado, he collected three goals out of 28 shots and the success rate was 89.7 percent. Attendance: 18,037. Match Stars: 1. Landeskog, 2. Nichushkin, 3. Burakovsky (all Colorado) |
| Arizona – Vegas 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0) |
| Goals: 44th and 60th Schmaltz, 35th Guest – 32nd Carrier. Shots on goal: 32:44. Attendance: 11,934. Match Stars: 1. Wedgewood, 2. Schmaltz, 3. Gostisbehere (all Arizona) |
| Anaheim – Los Angeles 1:4 (0:1, 0:3, 1:0) |
| Goals: 43. Terry – 24. and 33. Kempe, 8. Grundström, 31. Kopitar. Shots on goal: 25:32. Attendance: 17,174. Match Stars: 1. Kempe, 2. Kopitar (both Los Angeles), 3. Terry (Anaheim) |
