palm spring. The year started well for the Angermanland goalkeepers in the National Hockey League.
Last night, Anton Forsberg kept a clean sheet as Ottawa downed Columbus at home at the Canadian Tire Centre.
– It was great, says coach DJ Smith after the 4-0 win.
During Monday’s Winter Classic duel at Boston’s Fenway Park, it was Linus Ollmark of Logenvik who showed that it is no coincidence that he leads all goalkeeper stats in the world’s best league this season – and last night Anton Forsberg of Härnösand closed his case at home. . in Ottawa.
He stopped 22 shots and kept the second clean sheet of his NHL career.
“Anton saved us”
“Very nice, of course,” says the 30-year-old ex-Ottawa Sun.
It is always good for self-confidence to keep a clean sheet.
The DJ boss is also pleased.
– We didn’t start well tonight, but Anton was great in the box and saved us, he says.
The Senators have a long way to go in the playoffs, but they’ve been playing inspirational hockey for a few weeks and now sit with two straight wins.
– We must continue to work hard for all the points and play well in the future too, notes Smith.
William Nylander is unstoppable. Scored the 21st goal of the season against St. Lewis at Scotiabank Arena last night, with a lightning direct shot – and also scored two assists.
But unexpectedly it did not help. The Blues won 6-5 on penalties.
– I made a bad game again. My fault, the guard Ilya Samsonov sighed.
Pierre Engvall also scored a goal for the Leafs, their eighth of the season, and Timothy Lillegren contributed an assist.
Matthias Ekholm scored his third goal of the season, assisting on a Cody Glass shot, as Nashville’s easy swing did homework, defeating Montreal 6-3 at Bridgestone Arena.
Philip Forsberg also got an assist.
It was The Tage Thompson Show again last night. With a 5-4 overtime goal against the Washington Capitals, the Buffalo phenomenon completed another triple-double – becoming only the second player after Connor McDavid to score 30.
– But we had thoughts of Damar Hamlin (the NFL player who collapsed during the Buffalo Bills game against Cincinnati last night and is still being treated in the hospital), it was hard to think of hockey today, says general manager Kevin Adams.
Rasmus Dahlin accounted for help.
The Florida Panthers were desperate to beat Arizona – and the duo of Matthew Tkachuk and Eric Staal made sure they got a win too. The first responded with a hat-trick and the latter with two goals, thus winning last year the Kings of the President’s Cup 5-3.
– I’m just getting started, there’s a completely different level I can reach, Tkachuk promises.
Gustav Forsling played to the goal.
Mikael Backlund scored his eighth goal of the season in the Flames away match against Winnipeg, while Elias Lindholm caught another pass, but to no avail – the Jets won 3-2.
Last night, Seattle got revenge on Edmonton for a 7-2 slap before the new year.
Now the Crackers are winning 5-2 in Edmonton. Alex Wennberg put the last puck into an empty basket and also got an assist – just like Adam Larsson.
In Chicago, Tampa won according to the program with a score of 4-1 over the desperate Black Hawks. Victor Hedmann obtained the score sheet with help.