New York. Here’s Bratten with the hat on!
The New Jersey Devils honored Jesper Pratt with a slightly oversized hoodie to decide tonight’s home game against Vancouver.
– It was nice to be able to help the team win, he told Sportbladet after the 5-4 victory.
All teams in the NHL have such a traveling prize, in the form of a somewhat bizarre accessory, that is given after each victory to the person who made the most decisive contribution, thus the Devils use an oversized baseball cap.
Last night it ended up on Jesper Pratt’s head — and for good reason.
After the successful team from Newark lost a 4-1 lead and was about to be dumped in the game against Vancouver, he stepped in and set the record straight.
4.18 In overtime, the 24-year-old from Trångsund received the puck from Jack Hughes and slammed in the decisive 5-4.
“Yeah, I got a great pass from Jack, so I just had to make sure I hit the target, and it was a very nice feeling to be able to help the team win,” he said when we got him up shortly after the press conference to hold his amazing cap.
– The game like this wasn’t one of our best, we were a bit rusty after the break, but we made our way to two important points.
Fabian Zetterlund was responsible for a really solid effort and contributed two assists.
If he continues in the same way, it is not impossible for him to borrow the hat from Bratten…
For the Canucks, who fought valiantly in the first game since captain Bo Horvat was traded to the Islanders, Oliver Ekman-Larson got two assists and Elias Peterson.
