Minneapolis Nico Sturm went off the ice as a loser at the renowned Winter Classic of the North American ice hockey league NHL.
With the Minnesota Wild, the German ice hockey professional conceded a 4: 6 (1: 1, 1: 5, 2: 0) home defeat against the St. Louis Blues. The guests dominated the second third with 5: 1.
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Since 2008, the NHL Winter Classic has played one game per season as an open-air event. The Wild and Blues played at Target Field, usually the home ground of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. At the start of the game, temperatures of minus 21 degrees prevailed, and according to the NHL, it had never been so cold at a Winter Classic.
Defeats for Draisaitl and Stützle
For Leon Draisaitl, the Edmonton Oilers were defeated for the second time in a row after extra time. The Oilers lost to the New York Islanders 2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1). Draisaitl scored the 1-1 equalizer after 31 seconds in the second third. With his 25th goal of the season, Germany’s Sportsman of the Year 2020 is still the top scorer in the NHL.
Tim Stützle had to admit defeat with the Ottawa Senators, at the Toronto Maple Leafs it was a 0: 6 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 3) defeat for Ottawa. Goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer conceded a 2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 3) home defeat against the Vancouver Canucks with the Seattle Kraken.
The Carolina Hurricanes ensured a furious 7: 4 (0: 3, 2: 1, 5: 0) away win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. After 28 minutes of play, the guests were 4-0 down but then scored seven goals in a row, five of them in the final third. Since the 1995/96 season, the Hurricanes are the seventh team in the NHL to turn a deficit of four goals into a win in regular time.
