New York. Mikael Backlund became a big champ in Calgary last night.
With four and a half minutes remaining, he resolved an excellent duel against Vegas and ensured the Hot Flames’ winning streak continued.
– Of course it is good to score such a late goal in a tight match at home, the veteran Vastmanland player tells Sportbladet after the 3-2 win.
At first it looked like they were in danger of losing their first time of the season, the flames, as the Golden Knights started visibly better, as they went 2-0 up after 20 minutes.
– Yes, in the first period, we didn’t play well at all, we were very dirty, he says Michael Backlund When we catch him on our way home from Saddledome.
– But then we started the game, in the second and third I think we were the best team on the ice
Elias Lindholm scored his second goal of the season in the middle of the first half, then Tyler Toffoli equalized after a cross from Rasmus Anderson.
I booked the disc
However, it took until the end of the third before the match was decided – and then it was precisely “Mikes” who, in a rather distinctive way, appeared in front of the Vegas chest and fired in his second goal of the season from close range. Domain.
Yes, there have been quite a few such goals in recent years, he agrees.
– Now I saw Blake Coleman had a disc behind the box and I understood he was going to try to ‘turn around’, so I went towards the goal and got the disc on the blade and was able to push it in.
Cute, I think?
Yes, it is always fun to score a goal, which of course is great so late in a tight match at home.
Sounds promising to you, doesn’t it?
Yes, we have won three out of three possible matches, but it could still be better. We still haven’t played our best hockey game in 60 minutes.
For Flames’ competitors, that doesn’t seem like good news…