VIDEO Fehérváry helped Capitals to another triumph, Arizona and Chicago stretched a series of losses – Športky.sk

NEW YORK – Arizona hockey players didn’t even win the eighth game of the new season of the overseas NHL. On Saturday night, the Coyotes lost on the ice of Washington 0: 2, the home team scored both goals in the final period. In the Capitals jersey, the Slovak defender Martin Fehérváry played at 2.30 pm and recorded two shooting attempts.

The tie was broken less than eight minutes before the end in a power play by a shot from the blue line by defender John Carlson, the deserved victory was confirmed by the empty goal Alexander Ovechkin. The Washington captain scored his ninth goal of the season, the 739th in his career, and just two hits separate him from leveling Brett Hull in fourth place in the top scorers in NHL history. Ovechkin scored in all eight matches of the new season, thus equaling his own club record from the novice season 2005-06. A year later, Alexander Siomin settled this record.

Thirty-six-year-old Ovechkin already has 15 points in his account and overtook Connor McDavid from Edmonton at the head of NHL productivity. “It doesn’t surprise us at all. It has been proving that it is one of the best for seventeen seasons,” Carlson said according to nhl.com to his captain’s address. Washington shot the guests in a 32:16 ratio, but for a long time he could not find a recipe for overcoming the newcomer Karel Vejmelka. “We have to admit that the Arizona players played well. They played the second game in two days, but they held on. We weren’t frustrated when we couldn’t score a goal. We trusted our plan and finally it worked out.” said Capitals coach Peter Laviolette. Arizona coach Andre Tourigny, who is making his NHL debut, is still waiting for his first victory in his career. “It’s cruel. We did a lot of good things, but it wasn’t enough. But we’re playing better, which I’m happy about and I believe we’ll finally jump on the winning wave.” Her “was great. He kept us in the game of victory, he was like a rock , “ said the Arizona coach. Yevgeny Kuznetsov scored two assists, Ilya Samsonov caught 16 shots and recorded his fourth clean sheet in the 49th NHL game. Washington scored in each of the first eight duels in the new year. In addition to two shooting attempts, Fehérváry recorded three hits and blocked one shot.

Trouble also in Chicago

Chicago, which lost to Caroline 3: 6, is pulling the same series of losses as Arizona. Hurricane defender Anthony DeAngelo scored three Canadian points per goal and two assists. The Blackhawks did not win the first eight games of the season in 1953-54 and 1999-2000. “That series is terrible. At the beginning we talked, let’s play our game, we’ll get out of it, it will come … But still nothing. We have to stay positive and finally win,” said Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton. In the opposite position are the Carolina players, who have not yet lost and have improved their club record with seven victories in a row since the start of the season. The Hurricanes lost twice in the first period, but finally left the locker room in a 4: 2 lead after the initial twenty minutes. Six shooters shared the six goals, the home team also Andrej Svečnikov and Sebastian Aho, who have scored points in every match so far. “We have very skilful players, able to use counter and we benefited from that today. We still have to add in defense, we let the opponent into a lot of chances,” said Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour. Antti Raanta made a successful debut in the Hurricanes goal, covering 23 shots.

Dallas was not enough at home on Ottawa, which he lost 1: 4. The match for the Slovak defender Andrej Seker did not work out. The guests opened the scoring when he was eliminated, and then Sekera was on all three other goals collected. He spent 12 minutes and 15 seconds on the ice and scored three negative points. The Senators stopped a series of three losses, Josh Norris contributed to the success with two goals, and Brady Tkachuk and Connor Brown were among the shooters for the first time this season. An excellent duel was caught by Filip Gustavsson, who destroyed 38 shots. “He grabbed everything he had and added some great interventions in the second period when Dallas started pushing,” Ottawa coach DJ Smith said on the margin of his goalkeeper. The only goal of the Stars was scored by Joe Pavelski, Braden Holtby scored 20 hits.

Florida continues its winning streak

Florida continues its successful campaign, winning the eighth game of the new season. The Panthers won the Ice of Detroit 3: 2 after extra time. “Panthers” played for the first time without coach Joel Quenneville, who resigned after the affair with sexual harassment of Kyele Beach in 2010 in Chicago. Andrew Brunette led the team for the first time. “I’m proud of the boys how they handled the match,” said Brunette after his coaching debut in the NHL. The winning goal, his second in the match, was scored in overtime by captain Aleksander Barkov. Goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky scored 28 interventions. The Red Wings forced an extra time in the second game in a row, although they lost 0: 2. In contrast to one goal, Sam Gagner reduced and less than three minutes before the end he equalized with the first hit in the Red Wings jersey by Pius Suter. Detroit’s newcomer, defender Moritz Seider, scored seven points in the first eight NHL games (all assists).

Igor Sestorkin caught 31 shots and his New York Rangers won 4: 0 in Madison Square Garden over Columbus. It was his first shutout of the season and his third in a career. Chris Kreider scored two goals, Adam Fox and Artemij Panarin scored after three assists. “We checked the puck and gave one of the best performances of the season. All 20 players were ready for a quality performance today,” said “riders” coach Gerard Gallant.

Although the Vegas players did not maintain a three-goal lead in the third part 4: 1, they finally defeated Anaheim 5: 4 after the raids. In them, Yevgeny Dadonov decided and the Golden Knights stretched the winning streak to three matches. The “Golden Knights” could have made it easier to win, but they did not manage the final ten minutes of the third period. The Ducks scored three goals in 5 minutes and 11 seconds to equal 4: 4. Ryan Getzlaf, who scored 988 points in Anaheim’s jersey and equaled Teemu Selänne’s club record, also had one assist as a guest. Getzlaf is in eighth place in the number of points (949) since the 2006-07 season and only 12 points separate him from being the first Ducks to reach a goal of 1,000 points. “He is the soul of our team and at the same time an incredible leader. I think he will only smile at what he has achieved and only after his career will he appreciate it more.” said the address of 36-year-old Getzlaf coach “Duckers” Dallas Eakins.

Carolina – Chicago 6: 3

New York Rangers – Columbus 4: 0

Detroit – Florida 2: 3 pp

Washington – Arizona 2: 0

Vegas – Anaheim 5: 4 pp a sn

Dallas – Ottawa 1: 4

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