Rasmuss Dālins | Photo: NHL
Boston Bruins right forward David Pastrniak, New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes and Zemgus Girgenson’s Buffalo Sabers teammate Rasmus Dahlin have been included in the National Hockey League (NHL) three-week all-star list.
Pastrņāks was recognized as the first star, who collected eight (7+1) performance points in four matches, including the league’s best score in goals and points. The league-leading Bruins had a perfect week with 68 points in 40 games, celebrating four wins and extending their scoring streak to 14 games (11-0-3).
In a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 2, he remained “dry”, but scored at least two goals in the next three games for the first time in his NHL career.
Hughes scored more than one point in each game in the last week’s two wins and one loss and ended the week with seven (5+2) points for the second-highest total in the league and a career-high five straight games.
Girgenson’s teammate, guard Dalin, scored six (2+4) points in two games, helping the Sabers celebrate two overtime victories. The defenseman had one assist in a 5-4 win over the Washington Capitals and five (2+3) assists, including his 200th NHL point, as well as an overtime goal, in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Wild. assist on a goal scored in extra time.
At 22 years and 247 days old, the No. 1 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft tied the club record for points scored in a single game by a defenseman and became the youngest defenseman since Dion Fanoff, who was 22 years and 247 days old on December 13, 2007, to score five points in the game.
With 42 points in 37 games, the second most productive team in the league after the Bruins ranks tenth in the Eastern Conference.
