New York. The most dangerous defender of the NHL is called Rasmus Dahlin.
He scored for the third game in a row last night, out of a possible three – and if he scores next time too, he will touch Västgöten’s 90-year record!
— but it was a real team effort that was behind the victory, says the young back star after Buffalo’s commendable 4-2 victory in Edmonton.
There was a lot of talk up front about it Rasmus Dahlenthe Swedish Enlistment Choice for 2018, is set to get its big break this year – and so far it has definitely lived up to expectations.
With tonight’s goal, scored immediately after the draw four minutes into the guest encounter with star-studded Edmonton, he took an early lead with the full-back’s goals.
But this is not enough.
According to the NHL, he, along with Victor Heidemann – who accomplished the same feat in the fall of 2014 – is the only one in the league since 1992-93 to score in the first three games of the season.
And if he hangs a puck against Calgary on Friday night, Rasmus will touch the record of Montreal Maroons defender Baldi Northcote, set in the 1932-33 season!
But when he meets with the media after the game at Rogers Place, he just wants to talk about the team’s efforts — especially in the recent period, when Conor McDavid & Co. put his Buffalo visitors under heavy pressure.
It wasn’t pretty, but we found a way to win and that’s it in this league, says the 20-year-old from Fastgot.
We played hard and at the same time goalkeeper Eric Comrie was completely unrealistic.