The day before, Meier had equalized his record of 66 points for a regular season, which he had set three years ago. In Denver against the Avalanche, the best team in the current championship, he scored 1-1 in the second period, scoring his 31st goal and now has a total of 67 points for the season.
Nino Niederreiter remained without a personal sense of achievement, but was still a winner. The Carolina Hurricanes with the Bündner didn’t show any weakness against the Montreal Canadiens. The leader of the Metropolitan Division defeated the bottom of the Atlantic Division 4-0.
Minnesota ended a streak of seven wins with a 3-4 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kevin Fiala prepared Frederick Gaudreau’s goal to make it 2-3 for the Wild in their ninth home game in a row.
Nico Hischier and Jonas Siegenthaler experienced a black evening. The Valais and Zurich suffered an 8-1 defeat with the New Jersey Devils at the Boston Bruins. Hischier was one of the passers to Jack Hughes’ equalizer midway through the first period.
Columbus doesn’t find it from the depths. The 5-2 away loss to the New York Islanders was the fifth loss in a row for the Blue Jackets with Dean Kukan.
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