Adam Ružička (repro photo: X/Arizona Coyotes)
On Friday, only one game was played in the Canadian-American NHL. Although the Slovak attacker’s team also played in it, he did not intervene in the action.
ARI – CAR 1:5
Carolina snaps Coyotes losing streak, Ružička does not play Piotr Kočetkov made 30 saves to lead Carolina to a 5-1 victory over Arizona, which has lost its eighth straight game. Five different players – Jordan Martinook, Jalen Chatfield, Seth Jarvis, Teuvo Teräväinen and Michael Bunting – scored for the Hurricanes, who won their sixth game in their last eight. Martin Nečas and Jack Drury recorded two assists each to be the only multi-point players in the duel. Dylan Guenther took care of the home team’s only goal, reducing the score to 1:2. Karel Vejmelka scored five goals from 26 shots and was replaced by Matt Villalta in the 47th minute. He made four saves in his NHL debut.
Slovakian forward Adam Ružička, who was the Coyotes’ least used player in his first two games after the change of location, did not feature in the starting line-up this time. He was replaced in it by Michael Carcone.
“We started really well, which is always great to see. And then our goalkeeper also performed really well. He made some really good saves,” said the winning team’s coach Rod Brind’Amour after the match, whose players opened the scoring after just 16 seconds and were already leading 2-0 in the fifth minute.
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His counterpart, Andre Tourigny stated: “Obviously, the way we started the game was unfortunate. I think it wasn’t because we didn’t play well, but we have to be a little more consistent in the little things, which is up to me. That is my responsibility.’
Thanks to an assist, Jordan Staal tied Jeff O’Neill’s 416 points for sixth on the team’s all-time list. Ron Francis (1,175), Eric Staal (775), Kevin Dineen (544), Sebastian Aho (525) and Brind’Amour (473) are ahead of him.
Martinook opened the scoring after just 16 seconds of the game:
Stars of the duel: 1. M. Nečas (CAR), 2. S. Jarvis (CAR), 3. P. Kočetkov (CAR)
2024-02-17 05:39:54
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