NHL – results today (Thursday) – ŠPORT.sk

NHL Summaries:

Hurricanes lost 0: 1 and 1: 3, but in the final period they managed to turn the score around. The winning goal was scored by Martin Nečas in the 44th minute. After a pass from Sebastian Aha, the Czech striker overcame Marc-Andre Fleury with a shot from the throw-in ring when the Chicago goalkeeper fell over the puck behind his back.

“We didn’t play great in the first two thirds, that’s for sure. However, I felt that our performance was gradually graduating. We lost before the third period, but then it came, “ “Hurricanes” coach satisfied Rod Brind’Amour. Rookie Seth Jarvis contributed to the victory with his premier goal in the NHL, Frederik Andersen eliminated 27 shots from his opponent and as the 13th goalkeeper in history he entered the season with eight wins in a row.

Carolina is the only team that has not lost a point in the new year. She is pulling the second longest winning streak at the start of the season in the history of profiligy, when she equaled the record of Montreal (2015/2016). Only Buffalo (2006/2007) and Toronto (1993/94), who started the season with ten triumphs, were better off.

Hurricanes also set a club record with their ninth victory in the series. On the other hand, the Blackhawks continue to worry, not even two goals by Alex DeBrincat were enough for them. They scored only four points from the first 11 meetings of the season. “Carolina defended the weaknesses very well. She didn’t let us in them much, ” the “hawkish” coach remarked Jeremy Colliton.

Western Conference leader Edmonton defeated Nashville 5: 2. Three Canadian points for two goals and assistance was scored by Leon Draisaitl, the German center is the productivity leader of the entire competition with 20 points (9 + 11).

He is one point behind his teammate Connor McDavid, who collected two assists against the Predators and, as the second Oilers player since the end of the 1980s, scored in each of the first nine games of the season. At the beginning of the year 2012/2013, Sam Gagner pulled out a ten-match point series in the jersey of the “oilers”.

Edmonton halted the victory of the “predators” who had won the previous four games. “Of course, we are having a great start. We tried very hard to enter the season in a drastic way and collect as many points as possible in the beginning. However, we have not achieved anything yet. We were up to a lot of things, but there is still room for improvement. “ said for nhl.com Draisaitl. Not even two points of Matt Duchene (1 + 1) helped Nashville.

Columbus managed a fierce shootout and succeeded on the Colorado ice 5: 4 after extra time. He lost 0: 2, then turned the score to 4: 2, but wasted a two-goal lead and won the victory in extra time thanks to the accurate intervention of Jake Bean. The 23-year-old defender, who came to the team before the season from Carolina, pushed through a shot with a swing between the circles after Jakub Voráček’s pass.

“The opponent stopped watching me and then he is 100 percent sure that Jakub will be looking for me with a pass. He gave me a nice passport. I was glad that I was able to end the duel like this, “ he was looking forward to it Bean. It was the second goal of the match for him, newcomer Cole Sillinger also scored twice for the Blue Jackets.

He also added one assist and at the age of 18 became only the third player in the club’s history to perform a three-point performance in one match. He imitated the team of Rick Nash and Nikita Filatov. The young quarterback Bowen Byram had a 2 + 1 balance in the Avalanche jersey.

Gradually, the “kings” of Los Angeles also took off, defeating St. Louis 3: 2 after separate raids and scored fully in the third duel in a row. The author of the decisive raid in the shooting was Arthur Kaliyev, an American youth representative born in Uzbekistan.

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