Slovak Hockey Players Shine in NHL Night Games: Slafkovský, Černák, Fehérváry, and Tatar Excel

In the NHL night games, there was no shortage of interesting moments from the Slovak hockey players. Juraj Slafkovský survived a 3-point game for the first time in his career. Erik Černák scored a valid goal after the whistle of the referees, who interrupted the game, and Martin Fehérváry also scored. For a change, Tomáš Tatar did not owe anything to his reputation as an extremely skillful player and excelled in individual raids.

news-item-description">Juraj Slafkovský has his first three-point game in the overseas NHL. The Slovak hockey forward contributed a goal and two assists to Montreal’s smooth 5-0 victory over Anaheim.

The hockey players from Tampa Bay Lightning have had a successful match, who managed to win on the ice against their big rival from the Boston Bruins 3:2 after separate raids. The opening goal of the meeting was scored in the 4th minute from the stick of the Slovak defender Erik Černák. The native of Košice prevailed after a wrist shot from the top of the right circle, where Brandon Hagel, coming from the second wave, found him with a precise pass. The referees stopped the game after the strong defender finished, but shortly after that the puck slid into Linus Ullmark’s goal. After a short review of the situation, the referees decided to recognize the goal, as the stoppage of play did not affect the outcome of the game in any way, which is the criterion of rule 37.3 (i). In other words: whether the referee blew the whistle or not, the puck would have ended up in the goal, so Erik Černák could rejoice in the first accurate shot of the current season. He waited 321 days for the exact hit. In addition to the goal, he had a lion’s share in the full point gain of the “Bolts”. Boston had 6 power plays in the game, but did not use a single one. Erik Černák spent more than 5 minutes in the game weakened and, in addition to his heroic performance in numerous disadvantages, he also added 8 points.

VIDEO – Erik Černák’s goal (player with number 81):

Statistics of Erik Černák:
goals: 1
canadian points: 1
shots on goal: 1
blocked shots: 2
bodysuits: 8
obtained buds: 1
lost pucks: 2
penalty minutes: 2
ice time: 26 substitutions / 21:19 minutes (of which 5:21 minutes in weakness)

The duo prepared a spectacular hockey concert for the audience at the Bell Centre Juraj Slafkovský – Nick Suzuki. The captain of the Montreal Canadiens collected 3 Canadian points against the Anaheim Ducks, and the Slovakian forward also had the first 3-point night in his career. The 2022 draft pick had one goal and two assists in the dominant 5-0 win. It all started with the wonderful action of the Slovak attacker in II. in the third, where he rushed into the zone with the puck on his stick, covered the puck in an excellent way and sent it in front of the goal at the right moment, where Suzuki only had to insert the stick into a millimeter pass and enjoy the goal. 7 minutes later, Montreal played a power play, where Juraj Slafkovský found Suzuki again with a cross pass to the left circle, who scored the second goal of the match. In III. in the third, the guard changed and in another numerical advantage, Suzuki found a Slovak attacker who sent the puck into the opponent’s open goal without any problems. The Slovak hockey player became the second teenager in the history of the Montreal Canadiens, who managed to score 6 times in a row. During this time he collected 9 Canadian points (5+4). He will be able to create a new organization record of 7 games with at least one point on Thursday night at the iconic Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers.

VIDEO – Juraj Slafkovský’s goal (player with number 20):

VIDEO – Juraj Slafkovský’s first assist (player with number 20):

VIDEO – Juraj Slafkovský’s second assist (player with number 20):

VIDEO – Juraj Slafkovský (player with number 20) enjoyed being declared the second star of the match:

Juraj Slafkovský’s statistics:
goals: 1
assists: 2
canadian points: 3
shots on goal: 3
shots outside the goal: 2
bodysuits: 2
+/- body: +1
ice time: 16 substitutions / 20:51 minutes (of which 9:13 minutes in overtime)

The Washington Capitals were not enough at home against the Colorado Avalanche and lost 3-6. Martin Fehérváry in the jersey of the team from the US capital, he was one of the busiest backs. He spent more than 22 minutes on the ice, but could not prevent an unsuccessful result. He scored the 12th Canadian point of the season when he assisted on a 1:2 contact goal from the stick of Beck Malenstyn in the 10th minute. Martin Fehérváry sent a venomous shot from the blue line, which did not end in a goal, but the quick Malenstyn found his way in front of the goalkeeper and the puck arrived behind Georgiev’s back. With the 9th assist of the season, the Slovakian guard equaled his personal best in the number of assists in one season. He still has 30 games of the regular season to improve his individual statistics.

VIDEO – assist by Martin Fehérváry (player with number 42):

Martin Fehérváry’s statistics:
assists: 1
canadian points: 1
shots on goal: 3
shots outside the goal: 1
bodysuits: 3
lost pucks: 1
ice time: 27 substitutions / 22:45 minutes (of which 1:14 minutes in weakness)

Seattle Kraken players met behind closed doors to discuss the team’s lackluster performances in recent games. The hockey players of the youngest NHL team skated on the ice of the New York Islanders with a clear head and were able to bring the duel to a winning end. For the second time in the season, the match between these opponents was resolved only in separate raids. At night, the only successful executor was a Slovak attacker Tomas Tatarwho presented himself with a wonderful execution of his raid, quickly shuffled the puck and literally enjoyed Ilya Sorokin in the “Isles” goal. “To be honest, I panicked a bit. I had one design in mind, but it couldn’t be done, so I had to change it at the last minute. I’m glad it worked out,” the experienced Slovak commented after the match about the winning raid.

VIDEO – decisive individual raid by Tomáš Tatar (player with number 90):

Tomáš Tatar’s statistics:
shots on goal: 1
bodysuits: 1
lost pucks: 1
individual raids converted: 1 (winning)
ice time: 16 rotations / 11:45 minutes (of which 14 seconds in power-ups; 21 seconds in weakening)

The New Jersey Devils continue to move below the playoff mark in the Eastern Conference standings, and fans are sounding the alarm. Today’s win in Nashville was all the more important, where the home Predators were leading 2:1 after 40 minutes, but the Devils turned the unfavorable development of the meeting in their favor with three goals in the final part. During Nic Hischier’s equalizing goal and Tim Meier’s winning accurate shot, he was also on the ice Simon Nemec, who did not win points, but was once again among the best players of the American team. Before the winning accurate hit from the hockey stick, Meier was throwing the puck at the goal of Juuse Saros from the right guard. The Slovakian’s attempt was blocked, but from the subsequent scrum the visiting players managed to push the puck past the Finnish goalkeeper, who is linked in transfer speculations to the arrival of New Jersey, which is desperately looking for security at the goalkeeper post.

VIDEO – Šimon Nemec (player with number 17) was throwing the puck at the goal from the right guard. From the subsequent action and scrum, the winning goal was finally scored:

Šimon Nemec’s statistics:
shots on goal: 2
shots outside the goal: 2
blocked shots: 1
obtained buds: 1
+/- body: +2
ice time: 25 substitutions / 18:33 minutes (of which 1:03 minutes in overtime)

2024-02-14 07:10:37
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