Slovak Hockey Players Shine in NHL Games: Tatar, Pospíšil, and Slafkovský Make Impact on the Ice

Two of the four Slovak hockey players who played in the NHL game at night managed to score. Tomáš Tatar in the jersey of his new employer from Seattle shone on the Dallas Stars ice, and Martin Pospíšil started the Calgary Flames to victory with a goal. The ever-improving Juraj Slafkovský again showed a quality performance.

news-item-description">Slovak hockey player Tomáš Tatar became the first Slovak in the history of the Seattle Kraken to play for the named NHL club, he also added an assist on Tuesday night. However, his team lost to Dallas 3-4. Martin Pospíšil scored a goal in the Calgary Flames’ 3:1 win over the Florida Panthers. Montreal Canadiens with Juraj Slafkovský won 3:2 pp. on the ice of the Winnipeg Jets, but the Slovak hockey player did not score.

Time spent on the ice in service Juraj Slafkovský is growing. He played over 20 minutes on the ice of the Winnipeg Jets and was definitely not lost in the game as a member of the elite offensive formation alongside Suzuki and Caufield. The Slovak forward’s performance was again lacking only Canadian points, but he contributed to the team with an active and physical game on both sides of the rink. He increased his statistics by 3 points, blocked 2 shots and unfortunately weakened his team for 2 minutes in the second period. He was trying to get free from Mason Appleton along the line, and while trying to cover the puck, he hit an opponent in the face with his hand, for which he earned a 2-minute roughness penalty. Montreal overcame a numerical disadvantage without conceding a goal. Also thanks to the special teams, the Canadian team brought a difficult fight to a victorious end. In the match, he defended both weaknesses and used 2 of the three power plays offered.

VIDEO – unlucky expulsion of Juraj Slafkovský (player with number 20) while trying to cover the puck:

VIDEO – bodysuit by Juraj Slafkovský (player with number 20) on Brenden Dillon (player with number 5):

VIDEO – Juraj Slafkovský’s reaction to the exclusion:

Juraj Slafkovský’s statistics:
shots outside the goal: 1
blocked shots: 2
penalty minutes: 2
bodysuits: 2
ice time: 23 substitutions / 20:06 minutes (of which 2:54 minutes in overtime)

He completed the second game in the jersey of his new employer from the Seattle Kraken Tomas Tatar. The experienced striker started in the opening formation of the match alongside the offensive drivers of the “Kraken” Matty Beniers and Jordan Eberle. He got 2 Canadian points from the cooperation with the stars of the club and declared that he did not forget to score goals in Colorado. At the beginning of the second period, after Beniers shot the goalie Wedgewood, the Slovakian took the offered chance to score and passed the puck between the Canadian goalie’s goals. It was Tomáš Tatar’s second accurate shot in the current season. In the middle part, he also demonstrated exemplary combativeness in the defensive zone, where he received the puck at the goal post, moved it forward to the pair of Eberle – Beniers, who took care of reducing the two-goal deficit. Seattle was finally able to take the match to overtime, in which the home team from Texas prevailed and thus secured the gain of two points. Tatar’s ice time exceeded 16 minutes for the second time in the season, and everything points to the fact that he will get significantly more space in the new team than he did in the colors of the Denver club.

VIDEO – Tomáš Tatar’s goal (player with number 90):

VIDEO – assistance of Tomáš Tatar (player with number 90):

Tomáš Tatar’s statistics:
goals: 1
assists: 1
canadian points: 2
+/- body: +1
shots on goal: 4
penalty minutes: 2
ice time: 22 substitutions / 16:16 minutes (of which 4:02 minutes in overtime)

Calgary Flames s Martin Pospíšil a Adam Ružičko in the lineup hosted the Florida Panthers. The first-named entered the meeting in the second attacking formation alongside Connor Zary and Nazem Kadri. Adam Ružička led the fourth offense as a center with wingers AJ Greer and Dillon Dube. Martin Pospíšil became more visible in the match, opening the scoring with a beautiful goal from a counterattack. He beat goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz with a successful backhand shot. Nazem Kadri contributed to the accurate strike with an assist, whom the Slovak highlighted in the post-match press: “He always talks to me and always tries to help me, I really appreciate it and I’m happy that I can play alongside such a player.” In addition to the goal shot, he sent 3 more shooting attempts, scored 3 points and was among the best Flames players in the match. Adam Ružička was less prominent in the meeting, who spent only 5 minutes on the ice in the five-on-five game and was unable to gain points during more than 2 minutes in the power play.

VIDEO – Martin Pospíšil’s goal (player with number 76):

Martin Pospíšil’s statistics:
goals: 1
canadian points: 1
shots on goal: 4
+/- body: +1
shots outside the goal: 1
bodysuits: 3
lost pucks: 1
ice time: 18 substitutions / 12:04 minutes (of which 8 seconds in overpowering; 2 seconds in weakening)

Statistics of Adam Ružička:
lost pucks: 1
throw-in success: 25 % (1/4)
ice time: 9 substitutions / 7:20 minutes (of which 2:12 minutes in overtime)

2023-12-19 07:01:04
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