Zadina celebrated his return to the NHL after injury with the winning goal, Palát assisted on two goals

Zadina has been out for Detroit since Nov. 5, when he broke his leg while blocking a shot against the New York Islanders. In the lineup, in which Dominik Kubalík was missing, he took a place in the fourth formation and played almost nine minutes. Even so, he became the first star of the match, exchanging the puck with Oskar Sundqvist in a two-on-one renumbering and finishing the action into the open goal.

Filip Zadina’s winning goal:

“I feel very good. Even better, because I helped the team to victory. It’s amazing,” gushed Zadina, who scored for the first time in his tenth start of the season. “It took me a long time to recover. I’m glad I finally did. I went into the match with the idea to do the right thing with what I have and to try to create something,” he said.

Detroit coach Derek Lalonde also praised him. “Everyone is a professional in the league and tries to come back in good shape after injury. But Zadin took it to another level. He worked extremely, really extremely hard and it’s great to be rewarded for his efforts,” said the coach.

Calgary outshot Detroit 36-17 and put their activity to good use in the 39th minute with a leadoff goal by Blake Coleman. Even before going to the cabins, however, Dylan Larkin equalized, who got behind the defense and beat Vladař with a shot over the catcher.

The Czech goalkeeper caught 15 shots in the match and lost the opportunity to set a club record for the number of consecutive matches in which he led the team to at least a point. His streak ended at number thirteen.

New Jersey trailed starting in the 35th minute with Adam Larsson’s layup from the blue line, but tied the score in 24 seconds. Palat passed in a power play from the right side to Dougie Hamilton, who made a cannonball into the upper right corner of the goal. Both repeated their cooperation in the 50th minute in another numerical advantage and the goal was scored in a similar manner.

“I saw how he was reaching, so I tried to pass the puck to him as best as possible. He has a great shot. I’m glad it fit him,” said Palat, who was named the third star of the match, about the match with Hamilton. Hamilton crossed the 50-point mark (15+36) in the 51st game of the season, no defenseman in the club’s history has reached this mark faster.

John Marino sealed the win with Seattle playing without a goaltender. The Devils succeeded even without their most productive player, Jack Hughes, who will be out for several weeks. MacKenzie Blackwood, who caught 33 shots, was declared the best player of the game. Vítek Vaněček covered his back.

Florida beat San Jose 4-1 on their ice. The home team was losing from the sixth minute with a goal from Alexander Barabanov, but in the middle part they turned the game around with two goals from Sam Reinhart. Eric Staal secured the win with two shots into an empty net. Visiting striker Tomáš Hertl was on the ice for all four conceded goals. In the winners jersey, Radko Gudas scored seven saves, the most of all actors in the match.

Down 2-1 in the third period, San Jose missed a four-minute power play. “We played a few good actions, they got to a few stops. We should have equalized,” Hertl regretted.

The rematch of the last NHL final ended in a clear affair, Tampa Bay destroyed Colorado 5-0 in the first match between them since last June. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots and Brandon Hagel led the win with three points (2+1). On the side of the defeated defender of the Stanley Cup, Pavel Francouz remained on the bench.

Anthony Beauvillier scored Vancouver’s game-winning goal in the 57th minute in a 6-5 win over the New York Islanders. The experienced striker made his mark against his former club who recently traded him.

“At first I was breathing hard and it took a few minutes to calm down here. I even forgot a few times which switch I was supposed to go to,” said Beauvillier. The main architect of the Canucks’ success was Elias Pettersson with three points (2+1).

NHL:

Detroit – Calgary 2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:0)

Goals: 40. Larkin, 46. Backyard – 39. Coleman. Shots on goal: 17:36. Daniel Vladař he caught 58:50 minutes for Calgary, conceded two goals from 17 shots and had a success rate of 88.2 percent. Spectators: 19,515. Stars of the match: 1. Backyard2. Husso, 3. Larkin (vsichni Detroit).

Florida – San Jose 4:1 (0:1, 2:0, 2:0)

Goals: 25th and 40th Reinhart, 59th and 59th E. Staal – 6th Barabanov. Shots on goal: 42:34. Spectators: 15,183. Stars of the game: 1. Reinhart, 2. Bobrovsky, 3. E. Staal (all Florida).

New Jersey – Seattle 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)

Goals: 35th and 50th Hamilton (on both Palace), 59. Marino – 35. A. Larsson. Shots on goal: 27:34. Spectators: 15,697. Stars of the match: 1. Blackwood, 2. Hamilton, 3. Palace (all New Jersey).

Philadelphia – Edmonton 2:1 after sam. raids (1:0, 0:1, 0:0 – 0:0)

Goals: 8. Hayes, decider himself. raid J. van Riemsdyk – 22. E. Kane. Shots on goal: 36:35. Spectators: 18,851. Stars of the match: 1. J. van Riemsdyk, 2. Hart, 3. Hayes (all Philadelphia).

Tampa Bay – Colorado 5:0 (1:0, 3:0, 1:0)

Goals: 29th and 39th Hagel, 16th Perry, 31st Point, 46th Sergachev. Shots on goal: 32:30. Spectators: 19,092. Stars of the game: 1. Vasilevskiy, 2. Hagel, 3. Cirelli (all Tampa Bay).

NY Islanders – Vancouver 5:6 (2:2, 2:1, 1:3)

Goals: 12. Palmieri, 15. Nelson, 23. Barzal, 36. Horvat, 60. Dobson – 45. and 48. E. Pettersson, 12. Ekman-Larsson, 13. Boeser, 37. Aman, 57. Beauvillier. Shots on goal: 29:34. Spectators: 17,255. Stars of the match: 1. E. Pettersson, 2. Boeser (both Vancouver), 3. Barzal (NY Islanders).

Minnesota – Vegas 1:5 (0:1, 1:4, 0:0)

Goals: 25. Kaprizov – 8. Roy, 23. Pietrangelo, 31. Cotter, 33. R. Smith, 34. Eichel. Shots on goal: 28:31. Spectators: 18,797. Stars of the game: 1. Eichel, 2. Pietrangelo, 3. L. Thompson (all Vegas).

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