New York. Filip Forsberg and new Radar partner Ryan O’Reilly stole star Connor McDavid’s shine in Edmonton on Saturday.
O’Reilly completed a hat-trick and ‘Flipper’ scored a cheeky ‘Kitchen Road’ goal plus two assists in a morning win in which Nashville looked to deepen Edmonton’s baffling crisis.
– Yes, you should be satisfied with that. “I felt settled,” 29-year-old Mas tells Sportbladet after the important 5-2 win.
Initially, Nashville’s Swedish top scorer was also credited with an assist on Ryan O’Reilly’s third goal, but some confusion broke out when the veteran center completed his hat trick on two more occasions.
actually yes. The Predators’ No. 1 scored two goals in the span of a few seconds — but the officials never got to see the ball go into the goal the first time. When everything was corrected, the performance was instead credited to Gustav Nyquist.
– Yes, he spoke to the judges, and Philip was joking when we met him in the cold Alberta winter afterwards.
– Well, of course it doesn’t matter. You have to be satisfied with three points.
“Tough game in advance”
No matter how many prints in the protocol, it’s clear that Phillip has found a new radar partner in O’Reilly — who was a longtime star in Buffalo, St. Louis and Toronto before signing with the Predators last summer.
– Playing with him is tough, as he is always in the right place inside the penalty area and has scored all the goals so far in the goal square, and the Swede continues.
He is also satisfied with the team effort in Edmonton.
– It looked like the match was difficult beforehand, but we performed well and played hard for 60 minutes, he says.
McDavid: It’s death
– We still have some things we can correct, especially in how we handle the puck when we have it, but overall it looks positive. It’s moving in the right direction.
This does not apply to the Oilers favorite. Absolutely. They have lost eight of 10 games and conceded 41 goals – more than anyone except Minnesota and a desperate San Jose.
-It’s death by a thousand little stabs all the time. A little mistake here and a little mistake there. “Then the snowball rolls,” says Connor McDavid, who currently sits 54th in league points.
Mattias Ekholm assisted one of the goals on home soil.