New York. The Swedish shooting king of the NHL is called Adrian Kempe.
He completed a hat-trick when the Los Angeles Kings finished off the regular season last night with a derby win against Anaheim – that stays at 41 goals.
– I used to be a player who preferred to skip the puck, but before last season I managed to find out that it would happen if I shot a little more, says Ångermanlander with a smile.
For a few hours, it looked as if William Nylander had scored his 40th goal against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden and had taken the win in the Swedish Shooting League, but no.
In the Los Angeles derby that began a few hours later, Adrian Kempe – who had hit 38 runs before the final round – was in a dead red, hitting a hat-trick, which was completed on an empty field goal at the end (which meant 5). 3 Triumph of Kings).
In doing so, the 26-year-old from Angermann not only reached number 40. He also scored the 41st goal – and is thus Sweden’s official top scorer in the 2022-23 season.
“Before the season I didn’t have any particular ideas that I would score 40 goals, but as time went by the number hit me, even if I just tried to focus on my game,” says Adrian when he met the media at the Honda Centre.
– But I’m also lucky to have good fellows in the series, they’ve helped me all season and they did it again last night.
The former player had his breakthrough as a sniper last year, when he scored 35 goals – after hitting 16 at most.
– I used to be a player who preferred to skip the puck, but before last season I could tell that it would happen if I shot too much (grinning).
Elias Peterson also had a chance to hit 40 in the season finale in Vancouver against the Phoenix Coyotes and finished 39th outright.
But then there was nothing else.
However, the superstar from Onge can take solace in the fact that he won the Swedish Points League with a total of 102 points – figures no Swede has reached in twelve years.
2022-2023 NHL SEASON RESULTS
1. Elias Peterson, Vancouver Canucks – 102 points (39+63)
2. Erik Carlson, San Jose Sharks – 100 points (25+75)
3- Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers – 91 points (39 + 52)
4. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs – 87 points (40+47)
5. Rasmus Dalin, Buffalo Sabers – 73 points (15 + 58)
6- Jesper Pratt, New Jersey Devils – 73 points (32 + 41)
7. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings – 67 points (41+26)
8. Elias Lindholm, Calgary Flames – 64 points (22+42)
9. Joel Erickson Ek, Minnesota Wild – 61 points (23+38)
10. Ricard Raquel, Pittsburgh Penguins – 60 points (28 + 32)
Swedish Shooting League NHL SEASON 2022-2023
1. Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings – 41 goals
2. William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs – 40
3. Elias Peterson, Vancouver Canucks – 39
4. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers – 39
5. Jesper Pratt, New Jersey Devils – 32
6. Rickard Raquel, Pittsburgh Penguins – 28
7. Victor Olofsson, Buffalo Sabers – 27
8. Victor Arvidsson, Los Angeles Kings – 26
9. Eric Carlson, San Jose Sharks – 25
10. Joel Erickson I, Minnesota Wild – 23
