NHL | Edmonton – NY Rangers 4:5 SN, McDavid once again conquered a milestone, approaching another trophy

The Canadian scored his 100th point already in the first period, when he managed to pass the puck from the right guard to the Canadian Nugent-Hopkins, who then threw the puck into the goal area. After a scramble in front of the goal, the puck again reached the Canadian forward, who was able to push the puck between the 3 posts.

In the 1st period, McDavid also scored a point starting his second hundred this year, when he was able to drive from behind the Rangers goal, pass to the German Draisaitl, who made no mistake with his hard shot and increased the score to 4:1.

Even the goal storm in the first period of the game did not help Edmonton to dominate the entire game. In the second and third phases of the match, the Rangers players were able to tie the game and after raids they got two points on the table. Czech striker Filip Chytil also scored a decisive run for New York, but he did not convert his run.

Petr Mrázek stopped 28 shots on the ice of Ottawa and led the Chicago hockey players to a 4:3 victory after raids in the NHL. The Czech goalkeeper scored a win for the first time since January 19.

Patrick Kane gave Chicago the lead just 44 seconds into the game, but Ottawa made it 3-1. Shane Pinto equalized with a run and two more goals were scored by the home team early in the third period. Claude Giroux beat Mrázek with a backhand bluff between the concrete and Brady Tkachuk finished off a great play into the empty net.

But Chicago did not give up and turned the game in their favor with quick counterattacks. Sam Lafferty reduced in the 51st minute from a breakaway and Kane crossed at 56:55 from a two-on-one outnumbering. Andreas Athanasiou ended the match from another break. Mrazek thus achieved a win after a month, in the last six starts he only scored a point for the team.

“On the substitution we were positive even at 1:3. We knew things looked bad for us, but we kept pushing. The second goal helped us a lot, it was 2:3 out of nowhere and we knew we had a chance, Kane said of the turnaround, leapfrogging Jeremy Roenick into fourth place on the all-time American player productivity chart. He has 1217 points (441+776).

Ottawa has goaltending problems, both Anton Forsberg and Cam Talbot are injured. So Mads Sögaard got the opportunity. “He can’t be blamed for the goals at all. We often lost the puck at the end of the game,” said Tkachuk. “This is the NHL. If you slack off for a second, this can happen,” Ottawa coach DJ Smith said.

The New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh 5-4, despite losing 1-3 and 2-4 in the 39th minute. Brock Nelson and Anders Lee both contributed to the win with two goals and one assist. The game was decided by Zach Parise in 57:17 and he stylishly decorated his 1200th duel in the NHL.

Anaheim lost at home to Los Angeles 3:6. On the losing side, Lukáš Dostál watched the match from the substitutes’ bench, who messed up his numbers with seven conceded goals in the last start. The Kings scored half of the goals on the power play, with Viktor Arvidsson scoring twice.