“He deserved to be man of the match.”
Updated on 20.10 | Posted on 20.10
In the win, he conceded only one goal and one assist.
Anton Forsberg won a high profile goalkeeping match against Filip Gustafsson at Globen.
Ottawa beat Minnesota 2-1 on penalty kicks.
The Ottawa Senators came to Sweden after several losses in the bag, general manager Pierre Dorion had just been fired and center talent Shane Pinto was suspended for 41 games for illegal betting.
Conditions were no better, but Swedish defender Erik Brannstrom saw the Globen matches as an opportunity for a fresh start for the chaos club.
– It’s been a bit hectic, but hopefully we can come together more as a group during this trip and play a couple of good games. “For us as a team, I think it could mean a lot,” he said earlier this week.
And it’s very true, it’s been two wins in a row for Ottawa, which is now back in Canada with a four-point lead.
Brannstrom helped
Big match hero: Anton Forsberg.
The Angerman native won the high-profile blue-and-yellow goaltender matchup against Filip Gustafsson, as the Senators beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 after a shootout.
Additionally, Forsberg provided an assist on Erik Brannstrom’s delicious 1-1 goal in the third period. Brannstrom’s shot was perhaps the world’s most powerful strike since Frederik Pettersson’s classic penalty kick in the 2013 World Cup.
The match went to penalty kicks, and the Ottawa goalkeeper kept a clean sheet, while Gustafsson missed the decisive goal through Josh Norris.
– Very strong work. Anton is really good for us and it was a good help from him. He deserved to be man of the match, says Brannstrom on Viaplay.
– It was nice to end this trip with victory.
