VIDEO: Juraj Slafkovský entered the NHL victorious in a crazy match. He has a successful debut – ŠPORT.SK

today 04:07 | Slovak hockey player Juraj Slafkovský has played his first game in the NHL. In the Montreal Canadiens jersey, he started a duel against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs. During the warm-up before the match, he also did the traditional rookie round with two other players, when they were alone on the ice from Montreal. This is how he got on the ice before the game. In the first period, he skilfully moved the puck from the defensive zone to the attack, where he was stopped only at the cost of a foul. It was one of Montreal’s three power plays in the first period, they didn’t use any of them and lost the first period 0:1. In the second period, Cole Caufield scored twice for the home team and Denis Malgin scored once for the visitors, so the score was 2:2 before the last period. In the third twenty-minute period, Slafkovský prevented Auston Matthews, who is his role model, from scoring a goal with a good defensive intervention. Two minutes and thirty seconds before the end, the hall in Montreal erupted with joy when the Canadiens took the lead thanks to Sean Monahan, but William Nylander equalized forty seconds later. However, nineteen seconds before the end of the match, Toronto’s defense made a huge mistake, which Josh Anderson used to score the winning goal for 4:3. Montreal thus won the first game of the season after losing all eight meetings in the event. Slafkovský played 10:34 minutes in the third attack. He had one shot, a hit and a blocked shot each. Overall he performed well, had some good passages of play, didn’t make any unnecessary mistakes and held his own. Montreal awaits the second game on Saturday at 1:00 our time on the ice of the Detroit Red Wings. Montreal Canadiens – Toronto Maple Leafs 4:3 (0:1, 2:1, 2:1) Goals: 21. Caufield (Suzuki, Savard), 36. Caufield, 58. Monahan (Harris, Dach), 60. Anderson ( Suzuki) – 12. Bunting (Marner, Brodie), 30. Malgin (Tavares, Nylander), 59. Nylander (Tavares, Rielly)