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Both the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers fight for a point with two late goals, but end up losing off the ice against the New Jersey Devils and Vancouver Canucks.
Anaheim Ducks – Minnesota Wild 1:2
The German Nico Sturm started the new season successfully with the Minnesota Wild. The Wild won their away game at the Anaheim Ducks 2-1. However, Marcus Foligno only scored the winning goal eight seconds before the final siren when he pushed in a rebound from team-mate Matt Dumba from the turn. Especially the two goalkeepers put their stamp on the game. Ducks goalie Anthony Stolarz, represented the injured John Gibson with 41 saves first class, while at Minnesota Cam Talbot defused 28 shots. Nico Sturm recorded two shots on goal in 10:15 minutes of ice time, of which he was outnumbered for almost a minute and won an impressive 75% of his face-offs (6 of 8 face-offs).
New Jersey Devils – Chicago Blackhawks 4:3 n.V.
Devils striker Jack Hughes was the match winner with two goals in New Jersey’s 4-3 win over Chicago. His new team-mate Dougie Hamilton only needed 17 seconds to score his first goal. The goals of Jack Hughes (38th) and Andreas Johnsson (47th) gave the Devils a comfortable 3-1 lead when Alex DeBrincat (21st) conceded a goal. But Kirby Dach (57th) and Dominik Kubalik (60th) equalized late for the Blackhawks to 3: 3. In the overtime, however, Jack Hughes let the entire back team of the Hawks run into the void with a great individual action and finally also nibbled Kevin Lankinen with a good overview of the much-acclaimed winning goal.
Philadelphia Flyers – Vancouver Canucks 4:5 n.P.
By the 57th minute, the Vancouver Canucks looked like the sure winner with a 4-2 lead. But then Travis Konecny (58th) and Claude Giroux (59th) equalized within 65 seconds to 4: 4 for the Philadelphia Flyers. Before that, Vasily Podkolzin scored with his first NHL goal, Elias Pettersson, Alex Chiasson and JT for the Canucks, on the other hand Joel Farabee and Cam Atkinson were on target. In the penalty shootout, however, the Canadians kept their nerve and got the extra point despite the late equalization.
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