Erik Černák’s pivotal assist for Tampa Bay Lightning in 4-2 NHL win over Chicago Blackhawks

Slovak defenseman Erik Černák scored an assist on the winning goal of the Tampa Bay hockey players, who succeeded 4:2 in the NHL on the ice of Chicago on Friday night.

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Černák’s colleague from the first defensive formation, Victor Hedman, took care of the decisive accurate strike in the 52nd minute and increased the score to 3:2. In the last minute, Brandon Hagel completed the scoring with an empty net. The club from Florida scored for the first time after three duels. 2023 draft pick Connor Bedard came up empty.

NHL – results:

Montreal Canadiens – Vegas Golden Knights 5:6(2:0, 2:4, 1:2)

Chicago Blackhawks – Tampa Bay Lightning 2:4(1:0, 1:2, 0:2)

Calgary Flames – Vancouver Canucks 5:2(1:1, 2:0, 2:1)

Ottawa Senators – Detroit Red Wings 5:4 pp(3:0, 1:4, 0:0 – 1:0)

Columbus Blue Jackets – Arizona Coyotes 2:3(0:0, 1:1, 1:2)

Pittsburgh Penguins – New Jersey Devils 2:5(1:1, 1:1, 0:3)

Seattle Kraken – New York Islanders 4:3 sn(2:1, 0:1, 1:1 – 0:0, 1:0)

Los Angeles Kings – Florida Panthers 2:1(1:0, 1:0, 0:1)

San Jose Sharks – St. Louis Blues 5:1(1:0, 4:0, 0:1)

Erik Černák successfully returned to the ice after missing one session due to an upper body injury. He had his fourth assist of the season, had three plus points and had one shot on goal, and also had two hits. He spent 20 minutes and 8 seconds on the ice. “Blesky” stopped a streak of three losses, Brayden Point contributed to the victory with a goal and two assists.

Juraj Slafkovský played in Montreal against the league leader Vegas, but the Canadiens lost 5:6 at home and the Slovak striker did not score. Slafkovský started again in the second attack, he was on the ice for 13 minutes and 39 seconds.

The Canadian scoring statistics didn’t even improve Adam Ružička s Martin Pospíšil, but Calgary was able to defeat Vancouver 5:2. Ružička hit the post at 1:1, Elias Pettersson gave the Canucks the lead when he was sent off in the first period. During ten minutes on the ice, Ružička scored three shots. Pospíšil introduced himself in the second formation, played 12 and a half minutes and went to the penalty bench twice for rudeness and illegal defending. He did not score for the first time after three games.

2023-11-17 05:30:00
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