The Canadian-American NHL continued on the night from Thursday to Friday with 11 more meetings. Five Slovak hockey players appeared in four of them. A total of three defenders – Erik Černák, Martin Fehérváry, Šimon Nemec and two forwards – Tomáš Tatar, Juraj Slafkovský entered the game. Despite the relatively high number, not one of the Slovaks scored, but several of them excelled in other numbers.
news-item-description">On the night from Thursday to Friday, five Slovaks were involved in the NHL abroad, only Juraj Slafkovský was happy with the victory.
Montreal hockey players recorded their second loss in a row, they were not enough against Los Angeles at home. The Kings won 4:1 in Canada, although the Canadians were the first to score. Traditionally in an elite attacking formation with captain Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, he played a game on the wing for the home side Jura Slafkovský. The Canadian did not earn a point, but in 21 minutes and 10 seconds on the ice, he had a slightly better defensive statistic. He skated for about 5 minutes in Montreal’s numerical advantage. He added 4 blocks and 2 puck gains to one errant shot. At the same time, he collected up to 5 points, which earned him the first place in this statistic among all the players of the duel.
Statistics of Juraj Slafkovský:
views outside the goal: 1
blocked views: 4
bodysuits: 5
puck advantages: 2
ice age: 23 substitutions / 21:10 min (5:01 min in power plays)
The “devils” from New Jersey continue their good start in the new season. Even with a pair of Slovaks in the lineup, they still lead the entire Eastern Conference, although it must be noted that they had a chance to get 4 more points, since they played the opening duels of the t -season 2 in Prague. However, it does not change their success so far. They scored extra points on Ottawa ice for a 3:1 victory. Thomas Tatar He failed to score 3 times in a row, but he changed his formation for the first time in the season. He moved from the second to the third offense, skating with Erik Haula and Stefan Noesen on the wing. In his 860th start in the regular part of the professional league, the current most experienced Slovak spent less than 10 minutes in the competition on the ice, while also skating for more less than a minute in power-up. During the duel, he threatened the goalkeeper of General Anton Forsberg 3 times and lost the puck once. A defensive teammate Simon Nemec he started again in the third defensive pair, along with Seamus Casey, ie unchanged. The native of Liptovský Mikuláš is still waiting for the first point of the season, it didn’t even come in the seventh start. He played nearly 14 minutes against Ottawa, more than a minute of which was at a numerical disadvantage. He recorded one blocked shot, one puck gain and one 2-minute penalty when he was ejected for tripping in the final period. The home Senators used the power play already at 0:3 and robbed goalkeeper Jacob Markström of a clean sheet.
VIDEO – protective device by Šimon Nemec (number 17):
Statistics of Tomáš Tatar:
views on the goal: 3
puck loss: 1
ice age: 9:58 min / 16 substitutions (44 power plays)
Statistics of Šimon Nemec:
penalty minutes: 2
blocked views: 1
puck advantages: 1
ice age: 19 reps / 13:58 min (1:08 min in weakness)
The battle of East vs. Erik Černák. The home Tampa Bay Lightning faced the Vegas Golden Knights. “Blesky” from the state of Florida finally won 4:3. The Slovakian defenseman did not score in his third game of the season, leaving him with the only Canadian point scored so far, from the opener against Carolina. Against the “Golden Knights”, he skated for 21 minutes and 4 seconds, and there were almost 4 minutes in layoffs. He finished the contest with a minimum of one point to his participation, one shutout and three points.
Statistics of Erik Černák:
+/- body: -1
blocked views: 1
bodysuits: 3
ice age: 21:04 min / 25 reps (3:43 min in dilution)
Also, in the second defensive pair, the Slovakian defender entered the duel against Dallas Martin Fehérváryplaying for the Washington Capitals. They beat Stars 3:2 at home. Bratislava native played in pairs with Canadian Dylan McIlrath. He did not get his first point of the season, but he controlled the statistics of blocked shots – he collected 7 of them, clearly the most skaters at the meeting. He did it in 18 minutes and 15 seconds of play, with 3 seconds on the power play and nearly 5 minutes on the power play. Finally, he finished the game with one “minus”, one shot on goal and one loss of the puck. In his 220th NHL regular season start, he also added 4 points and won the puck once, but was especially impressive with the aforementioned blocks. The majority came at the end of the duel, and the self-sacrificing Slovakian did not even miss praise on social networks from Capitals fans. Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren said of him after the game that he looked like an animal.
Martin Fehérváry’s statistics:
+/- body: -1
views on the goal: 1
blocked views: 7
bodysuits: 4
puck advantages: 1
puck loss: 1
ice age: 18 reps / 18:15 min (3 sv power play – 4:35 min in weakening)
2024-10-18 04:50:00
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