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Slovak defender Zdeno Chara returned to the New York Islanders squad after a six-match absence due to injury and his team won 5: 2 in the overseas NHL at home over Winnipeg.
Washington triumphed in Vancouver 4: 3 in overtime with quarterback Martin Fehérváry after extra time, the Russian striker Yevgeny Kuznetsov shone with a hat-trick.
Results:
Vancouver Canucks – Washington Capitals 3:4 pp (0:2, 0:0, 3:1 – 0:1)
Goals: 41. Hughes (Miller, Pettersson), 44. Horvat (Miller, Hughes), 45. Horvat (Hamonic, Hughes) – 6. Kuznecov (Jensen, Oshie), 7. Kuznecov (Ovechkin, Carlson), 56. Kuznecov (Oshie) , Ovechkin), 61. Eller (Carlson, Wilson).
Goalkeepers: Demko – Vaněček, shots on goal: 26:34, 18.814 spectators.
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New York Islanders – Winnipeg Jets 5:2 (1:1, 2:0, 2:1)
Goals: 7. Nelson (Beauvillier, Dobson), 22. Bailey (Pageau, Palmieri), 22. Lee (Nelson, Beauvillier), 48. Bailey (Pelech, Pageau), 56. Clutterbuck (Cizikas) – 17. Connor (Ehlers, Pionk), 41. Wheeler (Šťastný, DeMelo).
Goalkeepers: Varlamov – Hellebuyck, shots on goal: 39:28, 17.255 spectators.
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Columbus Blue Jackets – Minnesota Wild 3:2 pp a sn (1:1, 0:1, 1:0 – 0:0, 1:0)
Goals: 14. Chinachov (Bean, Domi), 60. Werenski (Bjorkstrand, Nyquist), ref. raid Chinachov – 20. Kaprizov (Zuccarello, Fiala), 34. Zuccarello (Spurgeon, Hartman).
Goalkeepers: Merzlikins – Kähkönen, shots on goal: 28:38, 16.399 spectators.
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Pittsburgh Penguins – Vegas Golden Knights 5:2 (1:0, 1:2, 3:0)
Goals: 19. Matheson (Crosby, Rust), 23. Carter (McGinn, Puustinen), 44. Friedman (Boyle, Carter), 55. Rust (Guentzel, Crosby), 58. Rodrigues (Letang) – 25. Eichel (Marchessault, Pacioretty), 29. Pietrangelo (Marchessault, Stephenson).
Goalkeepers: Jarry – Brossoit, shots on goal: 33:42, 18,341 spectators.
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Josh Bailey took part in the Islanders triumph with two accurate hits, Brock Nelson scored and assisted. Zdeno Chara spent 16:02 minutes on the ice, he scored two shots in the stats.
Home coach Barry Trotz became the third coach in the history of profiliga with 900 victories, before him Scotty Bowman and Joel Quenneville reached this goal. “This is what the career of a man of the Hall of Fame looks like. We are very happy for him.” striker Bailey told nhl.com.
Washington led by two goals on the Vancouver ice after the second period, but the home team turned the score during the first five minutes of the third period after two hits by Bo Horvat. However, the hero of the evening was Kuznecov, who completed the hat-trick in the 56th minute and sent the duel into overtime. In it, the victory of Washington was decided by the Danish Lars Eller.
During the decisive intervention, the guests counterattacked, John Carlson on the blue line deceived Quinn Hughes and served the puck to Eller. “I thought Eller was closer to me, so I wanted to defend Carlson more closely. I didn’t read this situation well.” Hughes told vancouversun.com.
Martin Fehérváry played for the guests in the first defensive formation 20:51 min, scored five points, two blocked shots and one minus point. Thatcher Demko stood in the Vancouver goal, who again took precedence over Jaroslav Halák.
Washington gunner Alexander Ovechkin had two assists, but did not score and in the historical ranking of the shooters he is still in third place with 766 goals together with Jaromír Jágr.
Zach Werenski scored in the Columbus-Minnesota match 32 seconds before the end of the third period. The defender of the home team shot over the thicket of bodies in front of the goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins. “The teammates covered the space perfectly. The goalkeeper didn’t really see anything,” said Werenski. The only successful shooter, Jegor Činachov, who had previously opened the duel score, then decided in the raids.
Pittsburgh goalkeeper Tristan Jarry helped his team triumph over Vegas (5: 2) with 40 successful interventions. Penguin strikers Jeff Carter and Bryan Rust scored a goal and assisted. “We need to take a lot of positives from the match. We can be better, we will try to improve in certain areas. But we have something to build on.” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said.
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