NHL | This is what Ritter’s sport looks like. Czech goalkeeper made a spell in Montreal after graduation – Sport.cz

A day earlier, Rittich, in his first start of the season, faced the players of Toronto, where he worked for a short time in the 2020-21 season. Two goals from Bobby McMann, one from Auston Matthews and a header from defender Morgan Rielly saw the 32-year-old goalkeeper retire at Scotiabank Arena midway through the game.

But in less than 24 hours, he was ready again at the Bell Center and completed the repair with great clarity. He picked the only weak moment for Justin Barron’s opening goal, when he didn’t cover the area near the post, where the Montreal forward ended up after catching the goal.

“We didn’t like the goal at all, but we felt like we played really well,” Kings coach Jim Hiller said. “When you don’t play well and the opposition scores first, you think: OK, it might take a while to recover. This time, though, everyone was calm and positive about the move.”

And Rittich’s intervention in important moments also gave them faith. As the visitors made it 2-1, he grabbed a Josh Anderson chance, a Nick Suzuki clear chance and a Kirby Dach chance.

“Ritter was amazing, a great support. We knew if we did something wrong, he would do it right,” forward Alex Laferriere said. “I think he did an amazing job, he was ready for it from the start.

Rittich won the trust of Los Angeles last season, when he started on the farm, but during the last season he was called and pulled the Kings out of the dugout many times if not a number of times. Canadian one Cam Talbot is doing well.

In the summer, the management of the California club introduced Darcy Kuemper, the winner of the Stanley Cup 2022, as a key player, but he has picked up only one win so far and has an average of 3.59 goals against with success . changed so far +89.0% compared to yesterday. In addition, he was injured during a wild shootout in Ottawa (7:8 in overtime), which is another opportunity for Jihlava’s pupils.

“As soon as Ritter made some key saves at the end, we knew he was going to be good,” defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov said. Monday night in Anaheim, Rittich could defend LA positions again in the California derby.