Facing Kings still deprived of Kevin Fiala, Denis Malgin, rewarded with the third star, opened the scoring after 88” of play before signing the 4-2 in the 47th for his 20th point of the season (12 goals/ 8 assists). He had already scored twice on March 20 against Chicago. The defector from Vancouver will no doubt be called upon to play an important role in the play-offs for a team that has the ambition to retain its crown and which, on Saturday, won a … ninth straight away game.
Janis Moser also shone. The Bienne defender has, in fact, exceeded the threshold of 30 points with his two assists in Arizona’s 5-4 home success against Anaheim. After equalizing 36” from the siren, the Coyotes forced the decision thanks to a success from Barrett Hayton after 4’00” of play in overtime to inflict on the Ducks a… tenth defeat in a row.
On their Winnipeg ice, the Jets picked up a capital success against Nashville, still orphaned by its captain Roman Josi. Nino Niederreiter and his teammates won 2-0 thanks to goals from Neal Pionk and Mark Scheifele and thanks also to 28 saves from Connor Hellebuyck. The Jets are one point ahead of Calgary and three now over Nashville in the fight for the last Western Conference wild card.
In the East, New Jersey could do nothing to oppose Boston’s advance. The best team of the regular season took a 62nd victory thanks to a brace from Pavel Zacha scored in the first five minutes of the game.
