New York. Jesper Pratt’s scoring streak ended last night, but instead another Swedish champion took the lead in New Jersey’s hot away game against Calgary.
Fabian Zetterlund decided the sudden death – with his second goal of the evening.
“My dad told me to shoot as much as possible, so I try to do that,” says 23-year-old Warmlander with a happy smile after the 4-3 win that sent the Devils to the top of the capital table.
Second only to the Vegas Golden Knights, the New Jersey Devils are the hottest team in the NHL right now.
Last night’s win was the sixth in a row – and the streak includes all three during the always tough road trip in Western Canada.
– Yes, it is absolutely unbelievable. We’re not playing a great game tonight, but we keep fighting and win again. It’s so much fun, we’re fantastically happy in our dressing room right now, Fabian Zetterlund tells MSG TV.
He has moderately expressed some things about himself, the former Färjestad player.
Already in the first period, he was in the goal yard and scored his second goal of the season. Then he decided to become a hero…
Playing strong in overtime, Fabian received a superb pass from Doge Hamilton and finished off with a volley – and a hundredth of a second later the puck was in the net behind Jacob Markstrom.
– I came from the booth and knew what was important, it was a straight shot I was going to shoot, says the winner of the match.
– My father asked me to shoot as much as possible, so I try to do it. Of course it feels great.
With their six consecutive victories, the Demons sailed to the top of the Metropolitan Table.
Elias Lindholm scored one of the home team’s goals and Rasmus Anderson was noted for helping.
While he broke Jesper Pratt’s scoring streak, Eric Carlson extended his streak.
He got help as the Sharks hosted Anaheim in San Jose for the second time in a week.
But that wasn’t enough this time either. Sharks lost a 4-2 lead in the third period and eventually lost on penalties – for the third time in a row.
John Klinburg helped score the ducks goal.
Early on, Nashville looked on course for another heavy loss in Vancouver, because after just one term they were 3-0 down.
But in fact they came back and tied and won in the end on penalties.
Matthias Ekholm had two assists for the visitors and Nils Hojlander one for the home team.
Victor Arvidson had a successful evening when, after some effort, the Kings beat Florida 5-4 at home at Crypto.Com Arena.
He scored his third goal of the season on strong play in the second half and also played with a goal signed by Trevor Moore.
Karl Grundstrom and Alex Edler also provided assists – the latter for the 5-4 goal that Gabriel Velardi sealed at the end of the third half.
Gustav Forsling helped achieve one of Florida’s goals.