Slafkovský & Fehérváry: Quiet Night as Teams Fall

Montreal hockey players lost to Philadelphia 1:4 in the NHL night game. Slovakian forward Juraj Slafkovský in the home jersey did not register in the Canadian scoring and two minus points were added to his statistics.

Washington, in the lineup with Martin Fehérváry, lost to home Minnesota 0:5. The Slovak defender played over 17 minutes and received a minor penalty for hooking.

The Canadiens led 1-0 after a goal by French striker Alexandre Texier in the 19th minute, but that was all from their side.

The Flyers gradually turned the score around to get their first win after three losses. On the ice, the Canadiens won for the second time in the season, in November they triumphed 5:4 after the dream.

Slafkovský started on the wing of the second formation with Oliver Kapanen and Ivan Demidov. He played 16:14 minutes, during which he shot at the goal once.

Host forward Trevor Zegras played his 300th game in the NHL regular season and extended his goal streak to four games.

In the middle of the first period, Slafkovský collected a hit from Rasmus Ristolainen and Demidov defended the Slovak striker

VIDEO: Hit on Slafkovský and reaction Demidova

Gustavsson with a third clean sheet

Minnesota confirmed their excellent form and claimed their fifth consecutive victory over Washington. Goalkeeper Filip Gustavsson helped him with 25 saves and his third clean sheet of the season. Defenseman Quinn Hughes played more than 29 minutes and scored in the second game after coming from Vancouver.

In the 33rd minute, he assisted Kirill Kaprizov’s goal in a power play. At that time, he was sitting on the penalty bench of Fehérváry. The Slovak defender played 17:29 minutes, during which he had one shot on goal.

Coach Spencer Carbery slotted him into the first defensive pairing alongside John Carlson. The Capitals lost their third straight game. They haven’t won on Minnesota’s ice since March 2020.

Draisaitl scored his 1,000th point in the regular season

Among the ten games on Tuesday night, the duel between Pittsburgh and Edmonton attracted the most attention. Teams that recently changed their goalkeeping units met in it.

Stuart Skinner caught his second game for Pittsburgh and Tristan Jarry also made his second appearance for the Oilers. The duel brought ten goals and Edmonton’s victory 6:4.

The offensive leaders of the “Oilers” Connor McDavid (2+2) and Leon Draisaitl (0+4) scored four Canadian points each. The German attacker also scored his 1,000th point in the NHL regular season.

VIDEO: Draisaitl and his 1000th point

Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby assisted on one of his team’s goals and is just one Canadian point away from tying the legendary Mario Lemieux’s 1,723 regular season mark. The Penguins lost their sixth game in a row.

Defenseman Zach Werenski had two goals and an assist in Columbus’ 4-3 overtime victory over Anaheim. Forward Adam Fantilli scored the winning goal. The Blue Jackets ended a five-game losing streak. The Ducks lost the third game out of the past four.

Two-goal DeBrincat

The Detroit hockey players won over the New York Islanders 3:2. Striker Alex DeBrincat contributed two goals. The Red Wings started without experienced forward Patrick Kane, who should miss two games due to a minor injury.

Detroit won its fifth game in six games. The Islanders lost for the first time in three games.

Boston’s top scorer Morgan Geekie had two goals in the Bruins’ 4-1 victory over Utah. He already has 24 accurate hits on his account. Boston won the fifth game out of the past six.

Zibanejad returned to the Rangers lineup

The players of the New York Rangers once again confirmed that they are not doing well on home ice in the current season. Vancouver, the weakest team in the competition, was beyond their strength and won 3-0. Goalkeeper Thatcher Demko picked up the first clean sheet of the season.

So far, the Rangers have played 17 games at their home Madison Square Garden, winning only four of them. They scored 11 points and scored only 30 goals.

Rangers return forward Mika Zibanejad, who was left out of the squad by coach Mike Sullivan in the previous game after missing training.

The Canucks also won the second game on the East Coast trip, following up on a 2-1 victory over New Jersey.

Vancouver’s second goal was scored by Swedish striker Liam Öhgren, who opened his goal account in his new place of work in the second game after being traded from Minnesota. Before that, he played 18 games in the colors of the Wild in the current season, in which he did not score.

The hockey players of Chicago led 2:0 on the ice of Toronto in the 50th minute, but in the end they left without a point gain. The home team made it 3:2 when striker Dakota Joshua scored the winning goal in the 57th minute.

He was preceded by a precise hit by Auston Matthews in the power play, from which only eight seconds had passed.

The Blackhawks started again without their most productive forward Connor Bedard, who will be absent at least until the end of December due to a health problem. Chicago lost its third game in a row and fifth of the previous six.