New York. Philip Forsberg had promised “at least one goal” when the National Hockey League kicked off in Europe this week.
And yes – when the Predators also won Saturday’s encounter at the O2 Arena, Sweden’s top scorer scored his first goal of the season.
– You learn to keep what you promise, otherwise you get the Swedish people after you, as he says after success.
Nashville Predators It was a delicious start to the season. They won their opening match against San Jose in the Czech capital last Friday 4-1 and followed it up with a 3-2 victory on Saturday. Until they come back to America with four nice spots in their luggage.
Best of all:
Åkerö’s sniper made him out at once.
In the first match, Philip Forsberg – failed to convert his chances, but in the second round he softened.
I took the road to the kitchen
6:29 In the second half, he took care of rebounding on his own to the right of shark goalkeeper Kapu Kahkkonen, spinning the box and pushing the ball in.
– I said before these matches that I was going to score, so it was good to score, he says in Viaplay afterwards.
And so the ongoing talk of the 50-goal limit starts right away.
– It’s a long way to go, we’ve only played two games, but it’s obviously going to be a dream. It’s a tough league these days and not many score 50 goals, but I hope…,” he says.
The success of the new acquisition
It is also worth noting that new Swiss acquisition Nino Niederreiter scored two new goals and earned – a very early lead in the NHL shooting league.
Oscar Lindblom provided the assist for San Jose who played much better than in the first leg and came close to equalizing at the end but keeping a clean sheet during their European adventure.
The remainder of the NHL regular season continues on Wednesday night.