Slovak Offensive Aces Disappointed in NHL Season Opener: Slafkovský, Tatar, and Černák Encounter Challenges

Slovak offensive aces Juraj Slafkovský and Tomáš Tatar could not follow up on Adam Ružička’s first Slovak goal in the new NHL season 2023/24 and did not score on the night. Erik Černák has had an anniversary match with a bitter taste in the Tampa Bay Lightning jersey.

news-item-description">The Tampa Bay Lightning hockey players lost to the Buffalo Sabers 2:3 in overtime on Wednesday night in the NHL. Slovakian defender Erik Černák played his 300th game in the pro league in the away team’s jersey.

Slovak striker Juraj Slafkovský he entered the meeting against the Minnesota Wild in the newly created second formation. He started the game alongside center Alex Newhook and winger Tanner Pearson. However, the Montreal Canadiens entered the game disastrously. Within 26 seconds, he scored twice on his own power play, putting the opponent on the horse. In the second period, for a change, he pecked twice in weakness after the suspensions of the Slovak attacker. Juraj Slafkovský was ejected at the beginning of the second period for tripping, Kaiden Guhle joined the 2022 draft unit on the penalty bench, which gave rise to the Wild’s three-goal lead. At the end of the third period, he was benched again, this time for illegal blocking, and Minnesota scored again. “Habs” did not survive the most successful match, which resulted in a change in individual offensive formations. Cole Caufield appeared alongside Juraj Slafkovský and Alex Newhook. The renewed line created a lot of pressure in the attacking zone, which resulted in an accurate hit by the second mentioned, which corrected the final score to 2:5. Juraj Slafkovský did not score a Canadian point with the goal, but he did a good job in the circle, where he fully employed the defending Jacob Middleton.

VIDEO – 1 of 2 expulsions of Juraj Slafkovský (player with number 20):

Juraj Slafkovský’s statistics:
shots on goal: 1
penalty minutes: 4
bodysuits: 1
obtained buds: 1
puku losses: 1
time spent on ice: 16 substitutions / 14:20 minutes (of which 3:10 minutes in power play, 5 seconds in weakening)

The battle of the Buffalo Sabers with the Tampa Bay Lightning had a specific flavor for Erik Černák. The Slovak defender started the 300th meeting in his career and thus became the thirteenth defender in the history of the club to conquer this goal. Again, he was extremely effective in defending against numerous disadvantages, in which he played over three minutes. “Blesky” in the weakened position did not concede even once, but they left the match with their heads bowed after losing 2:3. Erik Černák, apart from his high-quality defensive work, did not make a significant impact statistically. The “Bolts” have big problems in goal, where the star Andrei Vasilevskiy is missing due to injury. The goalkeeper duo Jonas Johansson – Matt Tomkins has recorded only one victory in four meetings so far.

Statistics of Erik Černák:
bodysuits: 1
time spent on ice: 26 substitutions / 17:57 minutes (of which 10 seconds in the power play, 3:01 minutes in the weakening)

The Colorado Avalanche team turned the unfavorable situation on the ice of the Seattle Kraken. After the first act, the visitors went to the locker room with a one-goal deficit, but in the end they rejoiced at a convincing victory in the ratio of 4:1. Slovak striker Tomas Tatar he spent almost 11 and a half minutes on the ice during the match. He started in the third offensive formation and had the third lowest ice-time in the game among the Avalanche forwards. When playing with a balanced number of players on the ice 5 on 5, he came off a bit better from the statistics when he beat four teammates with 11 minutes left. He sent one shot at the goal and, unusually, stood twice on the rebound, where he maintained a 50 percent success rate. After three meetings in the jersey of his new employer from Denver, he has one point for an assist.

Tomáš Tatar’s statistics:
shots on goal: 1
bodysuits: 1
obtained buds: 1
throw-in success: 50% (1 winning bulls)
time spent on ice: 16 substitutions / 11:27 minutes (of which 27 seconds in weakening)

2023-10-18 05:42:28
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