VIDEO: Tatar ruined Slafkovský’s premiership with Mešár with a goal – ŠPORT.SK

today 04:12 | The Montreal Canadiens have completed their first warm-up game before the new season, they welcomed the New Jersey Devils to their home arena. Juraj Slafkovský and Filip Mešár started for the Canadiens, Tomáš Tatar for the guests. Šimon Nemec did not play, he should start until the next preparatory duel. Slafkovský played in the second formation, but the coach sent her to the starting blocks. Symbolically, the draft unit started his first duel in the Montreal jersey on the bullpen next to Tomáš Tatar, who played in the first attack. Finally, even the most experienced of the three Slovaks enjoyed the victory. The Devils won 2:1, and Tatar contributed to that with one goal, when he equalized at 1:1 with an accurate shot in the power play. Neither Slafkovský nor Mešár gained points, but they had several chances to do so, especially Filip Mešár. He had several good goals, but never once did he manage to shoot past the opponent’s goalkeeper. He even had one after working with Slafkovský, they played together in a power-play formation, Slafkovský found him with a precise pass between the circles, but Mešár did not get through. In the end, Montreal played a power play and recalled the goalkeeper in an attempt to equalize. First, Slafkovský shot dangerously from the left circle, a few seconds later Mešár pulled the puck nicely to the center and fired, but neither of them managed to score. Mešár played the duel in the center position, he had a 25 percent success rate on throw-ins. During the meeting, there were several clashes between Slafkovský and Tatar, in one fight Tatar almost took the puck from him in the defensive zone, and he almost had a clear scoring opportunity. Slafkovský earned two penalty minutes for illegal blocking of the goalkeeper, Tatar also committed the same offense and added chopping. All three of them stayed on the ice for a while after the game and talked. Montreal is waiting for another game on Thursday at one in the morning against Toronto, New Jersey will play on Wednesday one hour after midnight against the New York Islanders, Šimon Nemec should also play in this meeting. Montreal Canadiens – New Jersey Devils 1:2 (1:0, 0:1, 0:1) Goals: 13. Caufield (Hoffman, Matheson) – 37. Tatar (Bratt, Boqvist), 55. Clarke (Johnsson) / Slafkovský 1 shot, 2 hits, 2 penalty minutes, 16:59 min, Mešár 2 shots, 1 hit, 13:28 min – Tatar 1 goal, 3 shots, 2 hits, 4 tr. minutes, 16:21 min/