Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 Washington Capitals
The Carolinas are on the rise with 10 wins in their last 11 games and second place in the Eastern Conference standings. But the better the Hurricanes are, the sadder it is for Washington. There are now four games in a row in the unwinnable streak of the Başkent team.
For Caps, this was the second game against the Carolinas in their last three games.
Losing 2:3 in Peter Lavioletta’s first team, the second was even worse, held outdoors in the presence of about 57 thousand spectators: Tom Wilson could probably have been pleased with his goal, but it came as Washington lost. 0: 4 and had no effect on the result.
“They were better, they were faster. In terms of speed, we couldn’t beat them, we couldn’t get past the central zone. They quickly turned defensive. We couldn’t get past this wall and out the door. They played at other speeds and gained more martial arts,” Laviolette said, quoting Laviolette. official site NHL.
The diagnosis is clear: the absence of captain Alexander Ovechkin for the current “Washington” is like death. We can probably assume that the whole team is demoralized. tragedyWhat happened in Alexander’s family – on Tuesday, the Russian striker, learning of the serious illness of his father, flew to Russia, and the very next day the news came that Mikhail Viktorovich Ovechkin was gone.
Peter Laviolette says “Washington” should win for Alex’s sake, who is not currently on the team. In fact, nothing happened, all three games without a captain “capital” lost.
Of course, while it’s too soon to put an end to the Capitals’ chances of making the playoffs, given the current standings, the team could still take seventh place in the East at best. Now Caps has amassed 62 points and is ninth, one point higher than the Islanders and Pittsburgh. Tampa is in sixth place with 73 points.
Pittsburgh Penguins 2-5 New Jersey Devils
Unlike “Washington”, “Pittsburgh” is still in the playoff zone, but “penguins” are all “weak”. They lost to New Jersey last night and this was the second straight loss for the black-and-yellows. The only reason for joy, at least for Russian fans, was given by Evgeni Malkin – he became the author of both goals for his team.
These stamps place 20th and 21st for the Russian striker this season. Thus, he scored 20 or more goals in the 14th season in a row – according to this indicator, he is surpassed only by teammates Sidney Crosby and Ovechkin among active players.
Additionally, Malkin moved up to a clean 50th spot on the list of top scorers in NHL history with 1,202 points.
Calgary Flames – New York Rangers – 3:2 Overtime
The day failed for the Russians as part of the rangers: Artemy Panarin and Vladimir Tarasenko could not help their team win, the Blueshirts lost to Calgary in overtime and interrupted their seven-game winning streak.
However, it should be noted that Flames started the match perfectly and scored two goals in the first minute – Andrew Manjapane and Nazem Kadri scored.
The rangers were only able to recover from such a blow in the second period, and it was Tarasenko who tried to change the course of the meeting – it was he who, with the participation of Panarin, absorbed the score and at the same time scored. Second goal for the team he recently moved to.
However, their efforts were not enough. Alexi Lafrenière drew in the third period, but luck was on Calgary’s side in overtime. By the way, among the winners it is worth noting the defender Nikita Zadorov, who spent more than 18 minutes on the ice and stood out, among other things, with a hard hit against Panarin.
Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 Tampa Bay Lightning
Other matches also confirmed the trend: game day was unlucky for the Russians. Tampa leader Vladislav Namestnikov scored one goal and one assist in the game against Vegas, defender Mikhail Sergachev recorded two assists and Nikita Kucherov had another assist. But their joint efforts were not enough: “Vegas” won in a fruitful game.
Note that the “knights” won 4:2 after the first period. It is not known how the game would have turned out if the referees had not counted the home’s fourth goal – but there was a reason: They studied the score section for a long time, trying to figure out if the Vegas hockey player was playing. a high stick.
But in the end, they thought it was no violation, counted the goal, and also handed Tampa some minor penalties for delaying time.
San Jose Sharks 2-4 Buffalo Swords
It seems that the heroes of San Jose in the match with Buffalo should have been the Russians Evgeny Svechnikov and Alexander Barabanov – they became the authors of the goals of their team. But unfortunately for them and their fans, Buffalo prevailed. Barabanov’s goal allowed the “sharks” to level the score in the middle of the third period, but it was left to the final “knives”. Another match that the Russians lost despite effective actions.
Vancouver Canucks 6-2 Philadelphia Flyers
Against this background, Vancouver’s massive victory over one of the regular season’s outsiders, Philadelphia, seems to be an exception. In this game, Vancouver’s Swedish forward Elias Petersson showed himself in all his glory by scoring five points – a double and three assists.
But Russia’s Andrey Kuzmenko also scored a goal. He helped his team break an unsuccessful streak of three consecutive losses.
A funny episode is also connected with Kuzmenko. While waiting for his shift on the bench, he decided to refresh himself with a banana and a coke. Watching this, Petersson just nodded.