Tampa. Joel Ericsson Eck is by far the best Swedish player in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Värmland wolf sprayed another goal when Minnesota took the lead last night in the game series against St. Louis.
– So far I’ve been relieved, but it’s not something I attach any importance to as long as we win our games, he told Sportbladet after the 5-1 win at Enterprise Centre.
He already showed in the last game, when he hit Wilde again after the initial loss against St. Louis Joel Erickson Eck He saved the season’s best hockey game in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
He scored two goals, plus an assist, then another one that was snatched away by offside early on – and last night he followed up with another superb effort, including fresh footprints in the minutes.
The 25-year-old warrior from Karlstad first played until Jordan Greenway’s goal after just 39 seconds – then he himself appeared in Castle and fired straight 4-0 in the opener of the third half.
So now Joel, with five points total, is a split second in the scoring playoffs.
– So far we’ve been comfortable, but that’s not something I attach any importance to as long as we win our matches, he says when we get to it next.
– It was a good effort on our part tonight. We scored some early goals and Marc-Andre Fleury made a really good and very important save when it was needed most.
The team’s second warm-up player, Jonas Broden, also contributed to a goal – when the Blues hit a shot almost eight minutes ago (!) to the left of the goalkeeper. Then he scored the final score 5-1.
Wild can get a series match ball with a new victory Sunday night (22.30 SST).
The Los Angeles Kings lose their grip on their playoff series against Edmonton.
They had another painful loss in the third game last night. 8-2 won the Oilers with – in Los Angeles.
Evander Kane dominated again and completed a hat-trick, while Ryan Nugent Hopkins and Zach Hyman scored twice apiece.
Thus, it can be said that it is no longer enough to close Conor McDavid and Leon Drystel to beat the Alberta team.
Adrian Kembe assisted in one goal.