New York. The Los Angeles Swedish Kings thrived on an outnumbered state in Florida last night.
Adrian Kempe and Viktor Arvidsson both scored when they were actually on the ice to kill the ejection.
The men do an exceptional job in those situations, says coach Todd McClellan after the 4-3 win.
Late in the first period of the Panthers-Kings game on FLA Live, Adrian Kempe, with a teammate in the penalty area, caught Blake Lizotte on a two-on-one counterattack, getting the puck at just the right moment. And sweep the 20th goal this season.
And in the middle of the second Victor Arvidsson repeated the feat. Just as the four-on-four sequence is over and the Cats officially get a PP, the 13th batter has ruled.
– it was amazing. Kempe, who also had a chance, said, “As far as their time playing power, it was hard to stop them scoring, they’re very skilful, but we were aggressive and made sure they didn’t get too many chances.” help.
Coach Todd McClellan agrees.
The boys do an exceptional job on “special teams” and above all in numerical disadvantage, he says..
The guests from California eventually won, 4-3.
New Canucks head coach Rick Tochet can breathe again.
His team did what they had in tonight’s home game against old Columbus and won 5-2.
Elias Peterson was particularly inspired and scored both when inferior and numerically superior.
This brings the Swedish star to a total of 21 goals.
Calgary quickly bounced back from losing against Chicago yesterday, defeating the Kraken 5-2 in Seattle last night.
Elias Lindholm scored 1 goal and played up to 2 goals and Mikael Backlund also played to provide an assist.
William Nylander scored his 27th goal of the night thus moving him off the top of the Swedish shooting league.
But he certainly didn’t celebrate it with champagne, because Toronto unexpectedly lost the Ontario Derby to Ottawa at home at Scotiabank Arena, 6-2.
– We played well in the first half, then we turned off the gas and let them take charge. Lil’ Nelt says it’s unacceptable.
San Jose also had an ongoing uproar against Carolina. When only 12 seconds of normal game time remained, they were ahead 4-3. But then Martin Nikas of the home team took over the show. First, a draw – and after 55 seconds of extra time, he also decided the match.
– You have to keep fighting until the last minute and that’s what our guys did, says coach Rod Brind-Amor.
Erik Carlsson did not produce a one-time score, but instead scored Oscar Lindblom for the Sharks.
The New Jersey Devils trailed 2-0 after one period in Dallas, but they got caught up in the middle and in overtime that followed a scoreless third period, superstar Jack Hughes made the cut — after a stellar display from Jesper Pratt.
– Jack is so cool, he really leads this team, says his colleague Miles Wood.
In Manhattan, the New York Rangers had a successful game against Vegas – the last before the “bye week” and the All-Star break – winning 4-1.
We really turned the season around here. We were not at all happy with the way we played the first 25 games or whatever, but everyone is working hard to get back to what made us successful last year,” says Mika Zibanejad.
William Carlson had an assist on a Vegas consolation goal.
Meanwhile, the New Yorkers were looking to snap a six-game winning streak by defeating Detroit 2-0.