Swiss winger Kevin Fiala returned to his old home in Music City with the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night and celebrated a 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators. In a match with his compatriot Roman Josi, Fiala scored a goal and extended his goal streak to four matches.
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35 seconds had been played in the third period when Fiala picked up the puck in the offensive zone on the right wing, deftly delayed and let his opponent Josi run into space. This was followed by a cross pass to Phillip Danault, who was running, but his shot was initially missed by Predators goalkeeper Juuse Saros. Fiala was in the right place to win and scored 2-0 (41st).
Kings captain Anze Kopitar had already got the ball rolling for LA in the first third when he scored a stunning shot from an impossible angle: the veteran was initially stuck at the left outside post with a deflection attempt, but reacted with coldness. , analyzed the situation at lightning speed and shot the puck from behind the net over Saros’ blade into the goal to make it 1-0 (14th).
The final point was Adrian Kempe, who became the only multi-point player of the match with an empty net goal and made it 3-0 shortly before the end (58th).
Predators coach: “Frustration is a dangerous emotion”
“It was a closure for the whole team,” Kuemper passed along the compliments to the people in front of him. “Today we played a truly complete match against a great and physically strong team. It was fun watching our guys work today.”
“Frustration is a dangerous emotion, but it’s taking over right now,” Predators coach Andrew Brunetta said. “Frustration plays tricks on you. Frustration makes you think you’re working when you’re not working. Frustration makes you a bad teammate. Frustration is contagious. So these are some pretty bad things that are percolating into our team right now.
