New York. There will be Mathias in Edmonton this year.
After all, Ekholm came along and gave the team a defensive constitution — and when they pulled off a heavy 4-1 win over Dallas last night, Janmark scored twice.
– It was a “statement” victory, we showed that we can beat the best, Jana tells Sportbladet.
It’s superstars Conor McDavid and Leon Dricetel who usually move the record when the Oilers have big nights, the former scored some goals last night too, with help from the latter, but it was Matthias Janmark who primarily led them to a 4-1 win over number one Central Decision Dallas is home at Rogers Place.
He made a numerical-denial goal save at the end of the first half, along with McDavid, and put another into an empty net at the end.
“It wasn’t one of my best matches, but it’s nice to have a little reward even at times like this,” the 30-year-old Stockholmer says on the phone from his hometown in Alberta.
Besides, it’s always fun to put pucks in your old teams.
Ekholm wasn’t named for any point, but he defended another solid effort and had the most ice time of all home defensemen.
– Eckholm has made a big difference since he came here and praises Jana.
– Once he’s on the ice, you can feel how the defense settles down. At the same time, running backs helped others and gave them space to focus on other than just defense.
The Dallas Stars have been one of the hottest teams in the Western Conference in recent weeks, so tonight’s win is one of the Oilers’ best the entire season.
– Yes, it was a “statement” victory, we showed that we can beat the best, agrees top scorer Janmark.
– We played well in other matches too, but we lost them because we missed a lot. Now I’ve really taken 60 minutes.
For the second time in three days, Tampa managed to beat the mighty New Jersey Devils in Newark during the night.
This time the score was 4-3, after a penalty kick decision. Steven Stamkos, returning from injury, scored twice as well as Devils newcomer Timo Meyer.
The Devils are going to win 50 games this year, they’re pretty good, so for us to come here and win two games in a row is really big, says coach John Cooper.
Nashville has surprised everyone with big wins lately, but when they had a real chance last night to get going, at home against suspended Chicago, they laid an egg and lost 2-1.
– Coach John Heinz says our squad is too small and tonight we simply didn’t have any energy.
Elias Pettersson scored his 31st goal of the season last night, and he also played even one goal, but to no avail.
The Arizona Coyotes, who during the final stretch of the regular season had become experts at taking out better opponents, won 3-2.
Assisted Victor Soderström in the running back goal.
As might be expected, the Los Angeles Kings have not had major issues with eastern neighbor Columbus at home in the Crypto.com arena. They won 4-1 after goals from, among others, Viktor Arvidsson and Karl Grundström. The latter is also signed up for help.
After two straight losses, league leader Boston bounced back last night and closed Winnipeg on the road.
The final score was 3-0 – and it was Jeremy Swaiman, not Linus Ullmark, who kept the clean sheet.
Ottawa fought valiantly against Colorado at home at the Canadian Tire Center but ended up winning 5-4 anyway. Erik Bernstrom was noted for an assist.