New York. It’s not clear if the cats actually have seven lives, but it turns out that the cats from Florida had at least one more last night.
They tied their series against Washington with an overtime victory.
“It was our best match in the entire first round and I think we deserved to win,” Patrick Hornqvist told Sportbladet after the vital 3-2 win.
Many were amazed at how hard the South Florida President’s Cup winners could change pace and conjure up the right strength in their quarter-final match against Washington, but in the fourth round of last night’s Capital One Arena they finally made it to the show. temperature.
They played for as long inspired as during the main series, but with more mood – and thus fought for a 3-2 win.
I agree that we have not previously succeeded in substituting the additional shots required, but we give credibility to Washington. They are the ones who stopped us by being in our faces all the time, he says Patrick Hornqvist By phone from the capital.
– But today we set the tone, we were more aggressive and played on our terms rather than theirs. It was our best match of the entire series and I think we deserved to win.
Confess late – decide quickly
This does not mean that the cats captured any victory. They may have dominated the game, but had a hard time getting the puck as the Capitals took their few chances, and when Evgeny Kuznetsov put in 2-1 just over ten minutes before their usual game time, it looked dark for the league. The winners.
With the goalkeeper in the penalty area at the end, Sam Reinhart got the equalizer – then Carter Verhagje decided less than five minutes into overtime.
– There are really small margins. Shortly before the receipt, they had a shot of their own against our empty bag and it went right outside, “Bengan” continues.
– Then I sat in the cabin and thought … “Okay.” A few minutes later, we were in the locker room and got ready to work overtime. But that’s how you work in qualifying, you have to learn not to go too high when you want to go and not too low when you don’t. It is important to keep emotions under control.
In other words:
Experienced Mr. Hörnqvist and his cohorts don’t return to Sunrise just because they acknowledge the series of matches.
-Obviously we feel better that we draw 2-2 than we lose 3-1, but no, we only reload for the next game.
– Now he is the best of the three and we will try to keep playing our game instead of tricking them into their game.
Niklas Backstrom was responsible for the performance of one of the home team’s goals.