Hockey Tampa Bay beat Montreal 4:3 despite finishing the game with four defenders. Slovak guard Erik Černák was injured in the first period after a hard hit by Josh Anderson, and in the middle they lost Haydn Fleury after one of the blocks. Slovakian hockey player Juraj Slafkovský scored the assist for the guests.
His teammate Mike Matheson had the same record, extending his streak to six (1+6). An even longer line is pulled by captain Nick Suzuki, whom Slafkovský assisted in reducing the score to 3:4. The Canadian scored 10 points (3+7) in eight meetings.
news-item-description">Slovak hockey player Juraj Slafkovský scored one assist in the New Year’s Eve program of the overseas NHL, but his Montreal team lost 3:4 on the Tampa Bay ice.
Blake Coleman scored a goal and an assist for Calgary and contributed to a 4-3 triumph over Philadelphia. He also became the fourth player from Texas to reach the goal of 500 games in the NHL – Brian Leetch (1205), Tyler Myers (954) and Seth Jones (757) did it before that. His teammate and striker Jonathan Huberdeau, on the other hand, extended his goal drought when he did not score in the eighteenth match in a row. In this period, he collected four Canadian points for assists, one of them against Philadelphia.
At the end of the first period, Mikael Backlund tied the score at 1:1, thus reaching the 510th point for the Flames and becoming the ninth place in the club’s historical statistics, thus becoming independent from Marko Giordano. The Slovaks in the Flames team did not score, Pospíšil played 9:16 minutes and had one two-minute penalty, Ružička ended the duel with 8:12 minutes and one shot on goal.
Warren Foegele experienced a five-point night for the first time in his career, and with two accurate hits and three assists, he significantly contributed to Edmonton’s 7:2 victory in the Anaheim arena. He also became the first Oilers player since 2012 to score five points in a close game. The last time Sam Gagner did it was Edmonton’s 8-4 win over Chicago. Forward Brock McGinn played his 500th game in the NHL for the home team.
The players of San Jose lost the eighth duel in a row, when they lost 1:3 on the ice of Colorado. Nathan MacKinnon had two assists for the home team and extended his streak of games with at least one point in home games since the start of the season to 19. That is the second longest streak in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history behind Joe Sakic (29 – 2000/01). MacKinnon was also the NHL’s most productive player in December with 29 points (11+18), which is the most in one month by a player in the organization. The previous record was held by Peter Šťastný (28).
Marc-Andre Fleury is the fourth goaltender in history to have caught at least 1,000 games in the regular season of the NHL. However, his jubilee night was spoiled by the players of Winnipeg, who succeeded 3:2 on the ice of his Minnesota. They scored in the eighth match in a row. Martin Brodeur (1,266), Roberto Luongo (1,044) and Patrick Roy (1,029) also have at least a thousand games in the NHL among goalkeepers. The visitors are the fourth team since the 1967/68 season to concede more than three goals in 25 consecutive games. Previously, Columbus (25 – 2019/20), St. Louis (27 – 2011/12) and Minnesota (35 – 2014/15).
Ottawa beat Buffalo clearly 5:1, and goalkeeper Anton Forsberg kept the hosts with 45 saves. Both Zack MacEwen and Mark Kastelic scored their first goals of the season, contributing to their third win in the previous four games. “Senators” coach Jacques Martin coached his 1300th game in the NHL.
news-item-description">On the night from Sunday to Monday, 9 meetings took place in the Canadian-American NHL, 2 of them started on Sunday our time. There were 4 Slovak hockey players in action, but they only appeared in two duels. The fight between the experienced defender and the draft unit resulted in an unpleasant injury without the length of the absence being specified in more detail yet, the pair of attackers managed to win.
2024-01-01 11:15:00
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