New York. It doesn’t seem like a “tough second year” for Lucas Raymond in the NHL.
Participate in all the goals as Detroit beat Chicago 3-0 last night.
Last night Detroit was emptied by Washington and for so long it looked like the Red Wings wouldn’t score any goals against Chicago at United Center either. Two stints later, the not-too-exciting match was still 0-0.
But in the third step Lucas Raymond – The successful Swedish rookie of the team from last year – on the stage.
First he was responsible for the plays for goals signed by Jacob Vrana and Dylan Larkin respectively, then he himself scored his first goal during pre-season this year.
“The blade is on fire,” the club put it on their Twitter account.
Pontus Anderson, Jonathan Berggren and Albert Johansson were also on the ice. Whether they – as well as Simon Edvinson and Elmer Soderblom – will be found in Detroit’s first squad against Montreal on October 14 will be determined during the squad’s full four training matches next week.
In Seattle, Alex Weinberg had as good a third spell as Lucas Raymond’s in Chicago.
He also scored and even played two goals – against Vancouver. While Andrei Burakowski and Adam Larsson provided assists earlier in the match. Which the Kraken team won 4-0 in the end.
Jacob Peterson and rookie Fredrik Olofson scored a goal to lead Dallas to a 5-2 win over St. Louis, while Philip Broberg received another assist for Edmonton in their win over Winnipeg (3-2).
In the middle of the second period of Columbus’ home game against Washington, Gustav Nyquist was forced off the ice and then never came back.
There was no word late last night about how he was injured or if the start of the season was in danger.
The Blue Jackets won 2-1. Eric Gustafson helped achieve the Mouwas Capital goal.