The Swedish top scorer with two goals when the New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning
New York. Mika Zibanijad had a dream to start the season last night.
The Swedish star scored two impressive goals as the New York Rangers won their opening game against Tampa at home at Madison Square Garden – and scored a goal in Mats Sunden style when outnumbered.
I try to take advantage of the opportunities I get. During the season, he told Sportbladet, after the 3-1 win, I will probably be over-ready every now and then, but the plan is to pay more.
Some goals were scored during the offside start in Prague this weekend as well, but the first NHL bowler of the year on North American soil was thus a Swede. Mika Zibanjad who stands for
It will be remembered for a while. He outnumbered at the start of the second half, colliding with a double match with Alexis Lavrinier and was expected by all witnesses to make a pass from his position on the right wing, but at the last moment put the puck in. On the back side and its back in the far corner – like other Sunden mats.
– Hehe, you could say it was Mats Sunden’s target if you think so, says the 29-year-old Stockholmer when we met him in the home team’s dressing room afterwards.
– I was looking for a pass the whole time, of course, but in the end I had to do something, I was very impressed.
Zipanegad is close to a hat-trick!
At the beginning of the third period he said the explosion again. Then it was the Rangers who had the power to play – Mika flicked off one of his fierce direct shots, and not even the formidable Andrei Vasilevsky in the Lightning Box had time to respond.
– Yes, the pucks went in tonight. I try to take advantage of the opportunities I have. During the season I will probably be very fit from time to time, but the plan is to release more, the Swede continues.
who eventually came close to completing a trilogy as well. The guests had taken Vasy in search of a telescope and Mika shot a shot at an empty box – but it hit the post.
– If you were to go to her at some point, she would probably be in this position, but it didn’t quite work out, it was probably a centimeter away.
However, the grief over the missed titles is limited.
– I’m glad we won and played well. Of course, it’s only one match, but it’s obviously better to start like that than panic that we’re not playing the way we should.
