Pastrňák scored all assists in the middle period, in which Boston broke the opponent’s six goals. The successful passage was started by the action of the Czech player, whose shot was reached by Erik Haula and adjusted to 3: 1.
In the middle of the match, he added the fifth goal of the Patrice Bergeron team, which ran Pastrňák’s shot, in the overpowering game. The native of Havířov prepared the last goal of the match in the 37th minute: he caught the pass on the offensive blue line, pulled the puck into the zone and after his pass, Taylor Hall ended up in the open goal.
“We played well, but at the same time we were lucky with the rebounds and we changed the chances,” said Brad Marchand, who hit twice and was named the first star. One of Boston’s goals was scored by Marc McLaughlin, who made his NHL debut.
Pastrňák scored for the fourth time in a row (5 + 5), improved his statistics this season to 38 goals and 33 passes, and as the most productive Czech player he is nineteenth in the Canadian scoring.
Pastrňák’s teammate Tomáš Nosek came out empty-handed, although after his pass he scored for the score 8: 1 from the Marchand escape. The referees did not recognize his third goal in the match due to offside. New Jersey striker Pavel Zacha missed the seventh game in a row, being injured in the upper body.
San Jose equalized to 1: 1 and 2: 2 after Hertl’s actions. The Czech player scored the first point in the 33rd minute, when he pulled the puck into the attacking zone on the left side and passed it to Timo Meier in the fall. He fired into the exposed goal. Another assistant was given to the Slavia team in Prague in the 47th minute for a won throw-in, after which Brent Burns defeated the French with a shot between the concrete. The match was decided by Mikko Rantanen in time 52:17.
“We played a great match from start to finish,” said the Frenchman. “They matched us a bit in the second period, but one goal was played in the third. I haven’t experienced that yet. We played in their zone all the time and rarely got to the shots. It was unbelievable,” he added.
Colorado leads the NHL with a four-point lead over Florida and Carolina, which, even without a point contribution from Martin Nečas, defeated Montreal on Thursday
Gudas assisted with Ryan Lomberg’s goal, who increased the lead to 2 – 0 in the 28th minute. At the beginning of the second period, the Czech back showed why he is the best in the NHL in terms of hits: he waited for Kirby Dach, who penetrated the offensive zone along the left guardrail, and threw him over his back into the air with a pelvis.
Jonathan Huberdeau scored 71st assists in Florida and set an NHL left-pass record for the season. “It’s amazing. But I couldn’t do it without my team,” Huberdeau said after breaking the record held by Joe Juneau.
The best player of the match was Sergei Bobrovsky; destroyed 37 missiles, including two attempts by Dominik Kubalík. Captain Jonathan Toews played the thousandth game for Chicago.
Toronto lost to Winnipeg in the eighth minute 0: 2, but in the end they won 7: 3. Auston Matthews took part in the turnover with one hit and was the first to score fifty goals in the season. He crossed the magic line in 62 matches, which is the fastest in the last 26 years. At that time, in the year 1995/96, only three players, including Jaromír Jágr (59 matches), needed less than 50 goals.
“It means a lot to me,” Matthews said. He also has a club record within reach, held by Rick Vaive with 54 hits from the 1981/82 season. David Kämpf did not score at Toronto’s high win, Ondřej Kaše and Petr Mrázek are injured. Due to groin problems, the Czech goalkeeper will no longer interfere with the game until the end of the basic part.
Jakub Voráček did not make a mark against the New York Islanders after six matches with a point (2 + 4) and lost 2: 5 to Columbus. Dallas and Rad Faksa in the line-up won 3: 2 in overtime on the ice of Anaheim and replaced Vegas in the Western Conference in the last place in the playoffs. The Ducks, played by Andrej Šustr and Dominik Simon, lost the 11th game in a row.
| NHL Results: |
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| Boston – New Jersey 8:1 (2:1, 6:0, 0:0) |
| Goals: March 27 and 31, 1. Grzelcyk, 17. DeBrusk, 23. Haula (Pastrňák), 30. Bergeron (Pastrňák), 33. McLaughlin, 37. Hall (Pastrňák) – 12. J. Hughes. Shots on goal: 40:26. Attendance: 17,850. Match Stars: 1. Marchand, 2. Bergeron, 3. McLaughlin (all Boston). |
| Toronto – Winnipeg 7:3 (1:2, 4:1, 2:0) |
| Goals: 22. and 29. W. Nylander, 16. Giordano, 25. Tavares, 34. Michejev, 58. Matthews, 59. Liljegren – 4. Wheeler, 8. Stastny, 24. Ehlers. Shots on goal: 38:23. Attendance: 18,517. Match stars: 1. Matthews, 2. W. Nylander, 3. Michejev (all Toronto). |
| Florida – Chicago 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0) |
| Goals: 19th and 54th Barkov, 28th Lomberg (Gudas), 32nd Forsling. Shots on goal: 44:37. Attendance: 15,218. Match Stars: 1. Bobrovsky, 2. Barkov, 3. Forsling (all Florida). |
| NY Islanders – Columbus 5:2 (2:0, 0:2, 3:0) |
| Goals: 9. Aho, 9. Wahlstrom, 44. Palmieri, 50. Barzal, 60. Pulock – 29. Bemström, 31. Danforth. Shots on goal: 36:32. Attendance: 17,255. Match Stars: 1. Barzal, 2. Palmieri, 3. Aho (all NY Islanders). |
| Carolina – Montreal 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0) |
| Goals: 20. and 59. A. Svečnikov, 4. Aho, 24. Teräväinen. Shots on goal: 44:32. Attendance: 15,289. Match stars: 1. Aho, 2. Andersen, 3. A. Svečnikov (all Carolina). |
| Minnesota – Pittsburgh 3: 4 in overtime (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0 – 0: 1) |
| Goals: 11. Dumba, 38. F. Gaudreau, 42. Kaprizov – 2. and 30. Rakell, 22. Guentzel, 64. Malkin. Shots on goal: 31:39. Attendance: 18,978. Match stars. 1. Malkin, 2. Rakell (both Pittsburgh), 3. Kaprizov (Minnesota). |
| Colorado – San Jose 4:2 (0:0, 1:1, 3:1) |
| Goals: 22. Newhook, 44. Helm, 53. Rantanen, 56. Burakovsky – 33. Meier (Hertl), 47. Burns (Hertl). Shots on goal: 46:27. Pavel Francouz caught the whole match for Colorado, he collected two goals from 27 shots and the success rate was 92.6 percent. Attendance: 18,013. Match stars: 1. Rantanen, 2. Helm, 3. Kadri (all Colorado). |
| Calgary – Los Angeles 2: 3 after sam. raids (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1 – 0: 0) |
| Goals: 42. J. Gaudreau, 54. Gudbranson – 22. Iafallo, 56. Arvidsson, decisive sam. Andersson raid. Shots on goal: 28:32. Attendance: 16,398. Match Stars: 1. Gudbranson (Calgary), 2. Arvidsson (Los Angeles), 3. Dube (Calgary). |
| Anaheim – Dallas 2: 3 in overtime (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1 – 0: 1) |
| Goals: 40. Drysdale, 57. Shattenkirk – 10. R. Suter, 56. Sekera, 61. Jamie Benn. Shots on goal: 23:35. Attendance: 12,385. Match Stars: 1. Jamie Benn, 2. Heiskanen (both Dallas), 3. Drysdale (Anaheim). |
