NHL | New Jersey – Seattle 4: 2, Zach was the only Czech to hit and seal the victory over the newcomer, the others just assisted

Devils goalkeeper Jonathan Bernier (left) celebrates victory over Seattle rookie with Pavel Zach (right)

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New Jersey, which also won the second game of the season, led 2-0 in the seventh minute thanks to two glued goals in a hundred seconds. Seattle twice reduced the difference to one goal, but in a game without a goalkeeper, it definitely took away his hope of scoring Zach. The Czech player made his mark twenty seconds before the end, when Michael McLeod released him in the two-on-one renumber.

“I liked how we finished the match. If we manage the third period like this, we will win a lot of matches. We defended very well,” said New Jersey coach Lindy Ruff.

Faksa is also the most productive player in Dallas and after his cross pass, Michael Raffl opened the score ten seconds before the first break. “I was just trying to relax and I was hoping he (Faksa) would find me. He did a great job, sent me the perfect pass and fired as fast as I could. Luckily it passed, I didn’t even know how much time was left,” Raffl said. Faksa blocked the most shots (4) of all players in the match and handed out four hits.

Pittsburgh, whose jersey was not scored for the first time in the season by Dominik Simon (1 + 2), equalized in the 26th minute with a shot by John Marina. Faksa also got a chance in the shootout, but failed in the first series with a forehand loop. His other teammates Joe Pavelski and Alexanders Radulov already changed their raids, so the Stars gained a bonus point.

Rutta swapped puck with Victor Hedman after a pass from the right, Brayden Point tied it up 1 – 1 in the 43rd minute. But in just 64 seconds, Alexander Barkov returned the lead to Florida. Another key moment of the match was that Tampa Bay, which lacked Nikita Kucherov, did not use a 0 to 0 minute and a half long power play five to three at 0-0. The Panthers have held Spencer Knight’s thirty strikes and are the eleventh goalie in NHL history to make the top five in the regular season.

In Detroit, all goals fell in the last period. After the home team took the lead 2: 0, Columbus scored a contact goal in the power play – Voráček found Boone Jenner in front of the goal, who reduced it with a backhand. In the end, they secured the home win with two goals in the opponent’s game without the goalkeeper.

For the first time in the season, Ilya Samsonov, who covered 24 Colorado shots and led Washington to a 6: 3 victory, took precedence over Vítek Vaněček in the goal. Half of the goals were scored by Yevgeny Kuznetsov (2 + 1), Alexandr Ovechkin scored the 734th goal and in the historical ranking it is only seven goals separated from the fourth Brett Hull.

On the other hand, the team’s leaders did not succeed – Nathan MacKinnon, who played the first game of the season in Washington due to the covid rules, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar scored five negative points.

Minnesota striker Joel Eriksson Ek sent a match with Winnipeg in the last minute to extra time, in which he completed a hat-trick at 63:30 and arranged for the team to win 6: 5. Wild, who lost 3: 5 in the 56th minute, also helped the turn to take a turn. She revealed Kyle Connor’s offside, who scored twice in the match, and the Canadian team was not awarded a goal at 6: 4.

Mats Zuccarello contributed four points to the Minnesota victory, scoring two goals and passing two. The same balance was recorded by Leon Draisaitl on Tuesday during the victory of Edmonton 6: 5 over Anaheim. Montreal suffered a 0: 5 debacle from San Jose at home, and last year’s finalist is the last team not to score in the new season.