Devils Win: Stanley Cup Defender Shocks Opponent | VIDEO

NEWARK – The hockey players of New Jersey won the night meeting of the overseas NHL on the ice of Utah 2:1.

The decisive goal for the Devils was scored in the 45th minute in a power play by American forward Stefan Noesen. The players of Vancouver won the third duel in a row, on the ice of New York, the Islanders beat the home team 4:1 thanks to a hat trick by Kiefer Sherwood.

The “Devils” were held by the Swedish goalkeeper Jacob Markström, who let only one shot from Daniil But behind his back and made 32 successful saves. The 20-year-old Russian striker opened his scoring account in the NHL with a goal in the 10th minute of the meeting, when he took advantage of the home team’s power play.

First NHL goal ✅

What a moment for Daniil But 👏 pic.twitter.com/wVFqvssHyT

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Halfway through the match, Connor Brown equalized after an assist from Nic Hischier. The Swiss striker and captain of the hosts also scored a goal assist with Noesen’s winning accurate strike. Slovak defender Šimon Nemec, who is still on the list of injured players, was missing from the Devils lineup.

Kiefer Sherwood’s hat trick decided the win for the Canucks

Sherwood recorded the third three-goal record of his career. He accomplished all of them since joining the Canucks last season. On the Islanders ice, the goal of the “orcas” by the Czech forward David Kämpf started the game. After that, it was Sherwood’s concert, who on his first accurate shot skillfully took the puck from this year’s draft defender Matthew Schaefer and shot past Ilya Sorokin.

KIEFER SHERWOOD HATTY ALERT 🧢🧢🧢 pic.twitter.com/z4PNKwqgNe

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The Russian goalkeeper didn’t even have a chance to finish Sherwood from between the circles in the power play, and the 30-year-old winger of the second attack completed the hat trick in the penultimate minute into an empty net. Vancouver won its third straight and ended the five-game winning streak of the team from Long Island.

Colorado’s home streak continues, which has been successful for the twelfth time in a row. The Avalanche beat Winnipeg 3:2, and Colorado’s 40-year-old defender Brent Burns, Czech forward Martin Nečas and Parker Kelly scored the winning goal in the 42nd minute.

For the visitors, Canadian center Mark Scheifele only corrected in the 44th minute. Colorado won the fifth game in a row and consolidated its position as the leader of the Western Conference, the Jets succeeded in only one of the previous seven meetings.

Florida Panthers with a great turnaround

Florida players performed a successful turn at home against Carolina. The winners of the previous two seasons were losing 0-3 against the Hurricanes until the 50th minute after two goals from Sebastian Ah and one strike from Jordan Staal.

However, Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart scored in the final ten minutes, and the fight went to overtime and then to separate raids. Evan Rodrigues converted the decisive try in the fourth series, and thanks to him, the Panthers extended their winning streak to four games, Carolina lost after five consecutive wins.

Chaos at the OT buzzer between the Cats and Canes 😳 pic.twitter.com/cFdmJ405bL

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Dallas brought the third meeting in a row to a successful end. On the ice of Anaheim, he outclassed the home “Ducks” 8:3. In the uniform of the second team of the Western Conference, Jason Robertson scored twice and added one assist. The remaining goals were shared by Roope Hintz, Thomas Harley, Iľja Ľjubuškin, Sam Steel, Adam Erne and Oscar Bäck.

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