Slovak striker Dalibor Dvorský scored an assist, but his team St. Louis Blues lost in NHL hockey on Friday night at home to the New York Rangers 1:2 after overtime. JT Miller scored the winning goal in the 63rd minute.
Also in action were Martin Fehérváry and Juraj Slafkovský, who did not score, but their teams won.
In the 19th minute, Dvorský caught a mistake by goalkeeper Igor Šestorkin, poked the puck in front of defender Vladislav Gavrikov, and Jonatan Berggren opened the scoring with a precise shot under the crossbar from a sharp angle.
VIDEO: Dvorský’s assistance
“I was lucky it went there, I’m happy with the goal,” Berggren, who scored his first goal for the Blues in his second game after St. Louis was acquired via waivers from Detroit.
The Slovak center recorded his second assist and seventh point of the season. The Rangers tied the score at 1:1 in the second period on a power play when Gabe Perreault scored his first goal in the NHL.
In the end, the Blues won only a point in the meeting and lost this season for the eighth game in overtime or in raids. As the only team this season, they did not win a single game that ended in a draw after 60 minutes.
Dvorský was in overtime when the goal was conceded, he played a total of 15 minutes and 40 seconds and recorded one shot attempt. St. Louis have the tenth best record in the Western Conference.
Slafkovský sent up to five shots
Striker Juraj Slafkovský also enjoyed the victory, Montreal won the duel with Chicago 4:1. Slafkovský was on the ice for 16 minutes and 16 seconds, he sent up to five shots at the Blackhawks goal, but did not score.
He started again on the wing of the second formation with Oliver Kapanen and Ivan Demidov. The whole attack was very active, when they recorded up to 13 shots together. In addition to Slafkovski, Demidov also had five shots, which was the most of all players.
Zach Bolduc scored two Canadiens goals, defender Lane Hutson recorded three assists.
VIDEO: Bolduc’s first goal
Nick Suzuki scored a goal and an assist, goalkeeper Jakub Dobeš stopped 14 shots for Chicago, which lost its fourth game in a row.
Fehérváry was on the ice for almost 19 minutes
Washington’s players ended a three-game losing streak when they beat Toronto 4-0 at home. The Capitals are in second place in the East, four points behind Carolina and have a game in hand.
Slovak defenseman Martin Fehérváry did not score, he was on the ice for almost 19 minutes and scored two plus points. Defenseman Jakob Chychrun scored two Capitals goals, goaltender Logan Thompson stopped 22 shots and recorded his second shutout in the last four games.
John Carlson had a goal and two assists as Washington snapped a three-game losing streak. “I think it was our best game of the season. We played as a team, all players contributed to the victory. It was a perfect game,” said Thompson.
Connor McDavid scored a layup goal and added an assist as Edmonton won 3-1 in Boston. The Oilers captain scored in the eighth game in a row, scoring 22 points (10+12) during this streak.
VIDEO: McDavid’s goal in weakening
He has a total of 58 points and has pulled ahead of all-time leader Nathan MacKinnon from Colorado. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Quinn Hutson, who scored his first goal in the NHL in his fourth game, also scored in the “Oilers” jersey.
“It was a great moment that I will never forget,” said the older brother of Montreal defenseman Lane Hutson, who previously played at Boston University.
“I’ve scored a few goals in this arena, but this one was definitely the most important,” added Hutson, whose goal in the 35th minute was the eventual winner.
Tristan Jarry started in the Oilers goal and caught 12 shots, but in the second period he was replaced by Calvin Pickard due to an injury and he did not score.
“We don’t know how serious Jarry’s injury is, I don’t have any news,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. Pavel Zacha scored the Bruins’ only goal.
VIDEO: Injury to Jarry
Ottawa beat Pittsburgh 4-0 as goaltender Linus Ullmark saved 24 shots for his first clean sheet of the season and 13th of his career. Brady Tkachuk scored two Senators goals, Drake Batherson assisted twice.
The Penguins have not been doing well lately and have already stretched their losing streak to seven games. In the goal of the “penguins” was Arturs Šilovs, who made 22 saves.
Pittsburgh’s last win was on Dec. 4, when it beat Tampa Bay 4-3. “We’ve got to get out of it. It’s important that we play as a team and stick together,” Pens guard Kris Letang said.
David Perron also scored for the Senators and scored his 800th career point. Sidney Crosby is still one point away from tying the club record for points scored by Mario Lemieux (1,723).
Tampa missed him long-term injured Černak
The series of four losses was ended by the Los Angeles hockey players, who won 2:1 on the Tampa Bay ice. Both Kings goals were scored by Adrian Kempe, goalkeeper Anton Forsberg stopped 31 shots, surpassed only by Oliver Bjorkstrand.
Andrej Vasilevskij returned to the Lightning goal after seven games, recorded 18 saves. The long-term injured Slovak defender Erik Černák was still missing from the Bleskov team. Tampa started with only eleven forwards and six defenders, Nikita Kučerov dropped out of the lineup due to illness at the last minute.
In addition, due to injury, Anthony Cirelli did not finish the duel, who headed to the dressing room in the third period after a collision with Kevin Fial.
Minnesota’s players confirmed their excellent form, winning 5:2 in Columbus and extending their winning streak to six games. Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov each collected three points for a goal and two assists. Joel Eriksson Ek scored the difference goal in the third period, Jesper Wallstedt eliminated 27 shots.
Defenseman Zach Werenski scored both hits for the Blue Jackets, Columbus has lost six of its last seven games.
Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes was on the ice for 32:02 minutes and set a career high. In a game without overtime, it is the highest “ice-time” this season among all NHL players.
Tage Thompson scored for the fifth straight game to lead Buffalo to a 5-3 victory over Philadelphia. The Sabers extended their winning streak to four games.
Coach Lindy Ruff recorded his 915th career victory, moving into fourth place all-time behind Barry Trotz.
It was Buffalo’s first game under new general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen, who replaced Kevyn Adams.
The Flames sent 46 shots on goal
Calgary hockey players, still without Slovakian forwards Martin Pospíšil and Samuel Honzek, won 4:2 over Pacific Division rival Seattle. Mikael Backlund scored twice, defender Rasmus Andersson collected three assists.
The Flames sent 46 shots on goal, Joey Daccord made 42 saves, but the Kraken lost for the fourth time in a row. Jonathan Huberdeau had one assist, the Calgary forward scored his 800th career point.
Dallas also won thanks to Wyatt Johnston’s two hits in San Jose 5-3, the Stars are the second team after Colorado to score 50 or more points this season.
Goalkeeper Jake Oettinger caught 34 shots. Collin Graf scored two goals for the home Sharks, Macklin Celebrini had two assists, and with 53 points he consolidated his position as the third most productive player in the competition.
VIDEO: Great event Celebrini’s goals and assist on the goal
Goalkeeper Alex Nedeljkovic covered 25 shots, but at the end of the second period, he made a big mistake when he shot straight at the stick of Justin Hryckowian and he put the Stars in the lead 4:2 into the abandoned goal.
Mikko Rantanen scored two assists, and with 751 points, he moved into fifth place among Finnish players in NHL history, ahead of Olli Jokinen.
NHL – December 19 – results:
Boston Bruins – Edmonton Oilers 1:3 (1:1, 0:1, 0:1)
Goals: 17. Zacha (Lindholm, McAvoy) – 14. Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Draisaitl), 35. Hutson (Jones), 42. McDavid (Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse).
Goalkeepers: Swayman – Jarry (37. Pickard), shots on goal: 25:25.
Columbus Blue Jackets – Minnesota Wild 2:5 (1:0, 1:2, 0:3)
Goals: 16. Werenski (Coyle, Sillinger), 38. Werenski – 34. Hartman (Kaprizov, Faber), 37. Tarasenko (Trenin, Jurov), 52. Eriksson Ek (Trenin, Boldy), 59. Kaprizov (Boldy, Eriksson Ek), 59. Boldy (Kaprizov).
Goalkeepers: Greaves – Wallstedt, shots on goal: 29:28.
Montreal Canadiens – Chicago Blackhawks 4:1 (1:1, 0:0, 3:0)
Goals: 15. Bolduc (Caufield, Hutson), 41. Bolduc (Hutson, Suzuki), 50. Dobson (Demidov, Hutson), 57. Suzuki – 8. Nazar (Grzelcyk, Burakovsky).
Goalkeepers: Dobeš – Knight, shots on goal: 35:15.
Ottawa Senators – Pittsburgh Penguins 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0)
Goals: 3. Tkachuk (Batherson, Stützle), 22. Perron (Spence, Batherson), 25. Giroux (Amadio, Greig), 54. Tkachuk (Jensen, Matinpalo).
Goalkeepers: Ullmark – Šilovs, shots on goal: 26:24.
Tampa Bay Lightning – Los Angeles Kings 1:2 (1:0, 0:2, 0:0)
Goals: 13. Bjorkstrand (Cirelli, Guentzel) – 26. Kempe (Kopitar, Perry), 36. Kempe.
Goalkeepers: Vasilevsky – Forsberg, shots on goal: 32:20.
Washington Capitals – Toronto Maple Leafs 4:0 (2:0, 0:0, 2:0)
Goals: 14. Protas (Sourdif, Carlson), 17. Chychrun (Frank, McMichael), 45. Chychrun (Carlson, Dowd), 49. Carlson (Sourdif, Wilson).
Goalkeepers: Thompson – Hildeby, shots on goal: 29:22.
Buffalo Sabres – Philadelphia Flyers 5:3 (1:1, 2:1, 2:1)
Goals: 8. Quinn (Samuelsson, Benson), 37. Thompson (Dahlin), 40. Östlund (Power, Tuch), 51. Norris (Benson), 60. McLeod (Samuelsson) – 9. Cates (Brink), 32. York (Zegras, Brink), 55. Konecny (Drysdale, Andrae).
Goalkeepers: Lyon – Ersson, shots on goal: 28:27.
St. Louis Blues – New York Rangers 1:2 pp (1:0, 0:1, 0:0 – 0:1)
Goals: 19. Berggren (Dvorsky) – 27. Perreault (Cuylle, Laba), 63. Miller (Trocheck, Gavrikov).
Goalkeepers: Binnington – Six, shots on goal: 27:31.
Calgary Flames – Seattle Kraken 4:2 (0:0, 1:2, 3:0)
Goals: 31. Backlund (Andersson, Hanley), 51. Kadri (Andersson, Frost), 52. Coronato (Andersson, Huberdeau), 60. Backlund (Kadri, Farabee) – 28. Stephenson (Tolvanen, Gaudreau), 38. Second (Evans, Nyman).
Goalkeepers: Wolf – Daccord, shots on goal: 46:23.
San Jose Sharks – Dallas Stars 3:5 (0:2, 2:2, 1:1)
Goals: 22. Muchamadullin (Dellandrea), 37. Graf (Celebrini), 45. Graf (Černyšov, Celebrini) – 13. Hintz (Rantanen, Lindell), 18. Johnston (Heiskanen, Lindell), 29. Johnston (Rantanen, Hintz), 40. Hryckowian, 59. Benn.
Goalkeepers: Nedeljkovic – Oettinger, shots on goal: 37:30.
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