Saturday night offered NHL fans only two games in which the home teams rejoiced. St. Louis beat Chicago and Utah beat Seattle.
The Blues were able to respond to the heavy defeat of the previous game day and lead the match against Chicago to a winning end. St. Louis especially benefited from a great start to the match and won narrowly 3:2. The Blackhawks lost Connor Bedard to injury at the very end, which is far worse news for the team from the Windy City.
The home team also celebrated in the second night game. In a very even match, Utah finally won its favor in the final period and beat Seattle 5:3. Karel Vejmelka presented himself again with a very good performance.
St. Louis Blues – Chicago Blackhawks
3:2 (2:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Goals and saves
4. Mailloux (R. Thomas, Neighbours), 12. Luff (Fabbri, Parayko), 29. Faulk (Tucker, R. Thomas) – 16. Kaiser (Burakovsky, Bedard), 55. Burakovsky (Bedard).
Statistics
Shots on goal: 26 – 29 | Power play: 0/1 – 0/0 | Penalty minutes: 12 – 14
Who stood in the goal area?
Joel Hofer (STL) – 27 tackles, 2 OG, 93.1% success, 59:54 catches
Spencer Knight (CHI) – 23 tackles, 3 OG, 88.5% success, 58:00 tackles
Czech and Slovak footprint
Dalibor Dvorský (STL) – 0+0, 0 participation, 2 shots on goal, TM 0, time on ice 13:08
Three stars of the match
1. Justin Faulk (STL) – 1+0
2. Logan Mailloux (STL) – 1+0
3. Connor Bedard (CHI) – 0+2
Utah Mammoth – Seattle Kraken
5:3 (0:0, 2:1, 3:2)
Goals and saves
29. Schmaltz, 34. Yamamoto (O’Brien, Stenlund), 53. Guenther (Schmaltz, Sergačjov), 58. Peterka, 59. Crouse (Schmaltz, Stenlund) – 24. Marchment (Gaudreau, Stephenson), 48. Marchment (R. Lindgren, Montour), 60. Meyers (Kartye, Winterton).
Statistics
Shots on goal: 31 – 35 | Power play: 1/2 – 0/4 | Penalty minutes: 10 – 6
Who stood in the goal area?
Karel Vejmelka (UTA) – 32 tackles, 3 OG, success rate 91.4%, caught 59:42
Philipp Grubauer (SEA) – 26 tackles, 3 OG, 89.7% success, caught 58:28
Czech and Slovak footprint
Karel Vejmelka (UTA) – 32 tackles, 3 OG, success rate 91.4%, caught 59:42
Three stars of the match
1. Karel Vejmelka (UTA) – 32 saves
2. Nick Schmaltz (UTA) – 1+2
3. Dylan Guenther (UTA) – 1+0
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