Results of the Swiss in North America (28.02.2021)
NHL:
Nashville Predators – Columbus Blue Jackets : 3 – 1 (1-1 1-0 1-0)
Second success in as many games for the Predators against Columbus. During the match, Kevin Stenlund opened the scoring for the Blue Jackets but Nick Cousins managed to equalize before the first tea. Eeli Tolvanen gave Nashville the lead on the power play before Eric Haula confirmed Nashville’s success.
Aligned for 26’09 ”, the defender Roman Josi had a good evening as he participated in his team’s last two goals by obtaining 2 assists. The Bernese fired 3 times for a neutral record. He now has 11 assists and 2 goals in 21 games.
Chicago Blackhawks – Detroit Red Wings : 7 – 2 (2-1 0-0 5-1)
Scoring 5-1, forward Patrick Kane became the 100th player in NHL history to reach the 400 goal mark. His teammates Nikita Zadorov, Ryan Carpenter (2x), Pius Suter, Dominik Kubalik and Alex DeBrincat also rocked the Red Wings’ nets. Opposite, Sam Gagner and Evgeny Svechnikov just reduced the score.
The attacker Pius Suter scored at the right time since he was the spark plug of his team. Indeed, after 2 shots, the score was 2-1 and the Swiss scored 3-1 before the Blackhawks scored 5 times in the last period. He was aligned for 18’03 ” for a record of +3 and 2 shots. Thanks to this success, the Swiss international took the lead in the ranking of rookie scorers, ahead of the Russian Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov (6). Philipp Kurashev (14’51 ”) meanwhile finished without a point for 2 shots.
Pius Suter strikes in #ReverseRetro fashion!
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LHJMQ:
Like the day before, the Cataractes got the better of the Drakkar. During this meeting, Lorenzo Canonica got an assist on the game’s last goal, 4-1.
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