NEW YORK. We saw a rich Slovak participation in the NHL schedule in the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Five duels took place, four Slovaks began.
Tomáš Tatar scored. The New Jersey Devils lost 1:3 at home to Boston, thus surpassing the only goal of the “Devils”.
He didn’t do much outside of secondary assist. In 16 minutes and 33 seconds he recorded a point, a shot and a negative point in the statistics.
VIDEO: Assist by Tomáš Tatar
Juraj Slafkovský has been extremely active in physical play. Montreal lost on Tampa Bay ice 1:4.
The first pick of the latest draft was not lost. In 14 and a half minutes he managed to score five points, he added one shot and one minus. He has never recorded so many points in a duel.
He certainly impressed native Erik Černák with his bravery. He also ended the match with a negative point. He spent 21 minutes and 9 seconds on the ice, giving four “strokes”.
Adam Ružička tried the center position. Calgary faced Seattle and played in the middle of the fourth line with Ritchie and Lewis.
In 13 minutes and 43 seconds he didn’t score, won half of the matches, had two shots on goal and added a point.
NHL – regular season – December 29:
Tampa Bay – Montreal 4:1 (2:0, 1:0, 1:1)
Targets: 2. Killorn (Hedman), 15. Point (Kučerov, Sergačov), 36. Point, 49. Hagel (Bogosian, Hedman) – 58. Guhle (Edmundson, Dvorak)
Goalkeepers: Vasilevsky 25/26 – Allen 34/38
/Erik Cernak (Tampa Bay) played 21 minutes and 9 seconds, scored one minus and four points/
/Juraj Slafkovsky (Montreal) played 14 minutes and 33 seconds, recorded one minus, one shot and five points/
New Jersey – Boston 1:3 (0:0, 0:1, 1:2)
Targets: 47. Hischier (Zetterlund, Tartar) – 29. Frederic (H. Lindholm), 56. Bergeron (H. Lindholm, Marchand), 59. Zacha (Coyle, Pastrňák)
Goalkeepers: Vaneček 24/26 – Ullmark 30/31
/ Tomáš Tatar (New Jersey) played 16 minutes and 33 seconds, assists, had one negative run, one shot and one point/
Pittsburgh – Detroit 4:5 pp (4:0, 0:2, 0:2 – 0:1)
Targets: 3. D. O’Connor (Kapanen, Blueger), 11. Carter (Kapanen, Rust), 15. Zucker, 20. Zucker (Carter, Rust) – 28. Larkin (Hronek, Raymond), 35. Poison (Chiarot, E. Söderblom), 55. Berggren, 57. Perron (Rasmussen, Raymond), 63. Walman (Copp, Rasmussen)
Goalkeepers: DeSmith 41/46 – Husso 8/12, Hellberg 19/19
Anaheim – Las Vegas 3:2 sn (2:1, 0:1, 0:0 – 0:0, 1:0)
Targets: 4. Henry (Terry, Zegras), 13. Henry (Zegras, Terry), rozh. no. Zegras – 14. Ma. Pietra, 34. Hutton (Amadio, Kessel)
Goalkeepers: Gibson 49/51 – Hill 3/5, Thompson 22/22
Seattle – Calgary 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:1)
Targets: 19. Donato (Eberle, Larsson), 22. Oleksiak (Eberle) – 7. Toffoli (Dube, Hanifin), 30. Kadri (Lindholm, Andersson), 53. Huberdeau (Andersson, Kadri)
Goalkeepers: Grubauer 41/44 – Vladař 28/30
/Adam Ruzhička (Calgary) didn’t score in 13min 43sec, won half faceoffs, had two shots on goal and added a point/
