New York. Elias Peterson stole the show from his old captain last night.
With two goals and an assist, he led Vancouver to a crushing victory against Bo Horvat’s New York Islanders on Long Island.
One of the best in the league, he hailed new coach Rick Tocchet after his 6-5 victory.
The duel at UBS Arena was presented in advance as a great opportunity for Bo Horvat to avenge the club he traded to the New York Islanders last week, and indeed he scored two goals against his old teammates – one of which was adjudged but any victory was not.
Friend Elias Peterson saw it. He himself scored two important goals in the third period and even played a goal hit by compatriot Oliver Ekman-Larson in the first period – thus leading the Canucks to an unlikely victory.
– Yes, it was Betty who led us. The way real leaders work. I told him he didn’t need to be loud, what he did on the ice was enough, says coach Rick Tucci.
– I think I held him as one of the top ten players in the league when I sat on TNT’s expert panel a month ago. I hope it is, because I believe it is.
The 24-year-old midfielder is satisfied above all with the win itself.
“I think everyone felt like we had a clip in our step tonight, we were in good shape and it’s nice to win again,” he tells nhl.com.
Anthony Beauvilliers—received by the Canucks for Horvat—also scored, as did Swede rookie Nils Umann.
After two straight losses, Tampa rebounded in their final rematch against Colorado last night — and with a message.
They’ve scored five goals against the champions – and haven’t conceded.
– We’re on a long road trip playing against some of the best teams in the West. Coach John Cooper says it was unbelievable to go out with three straight defeats.
The New Jersey Devils are also without Jack Hughes – the young star who just suffered an upper body injury and is expected to be out for at least a few weeks.
They emphatically showed it at home against the Seattle Kraken last night.
Former jersey Adam Larsson made sure to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the first period, after work by Alex Weinberg, but the home side turned around and eventually won 3-1 after two goals from reserve Dougie. Hamilton.
“Jack was great, but it was always about the team and tonight we saw others stepping up instead,” says coach Lindy Ruff.
Jesper Bratt contributed assistance.
The Calgary Flames can’t afford to lose games like the one they had against the Red Wings in Detroit last night, but that’s what happened.
Guests from Alberta took advantage of many chances and the red and white won 2-1.
“We’re having a hard time creating good chances now, so we have to find ways to get the puck instead,” says Blake Coleman.
Oscar Sundqvist and Robert Haag assisted on one of Detroit’s goals while Mikael Backlund assisted on just one.
The other team that is struggling is the Minnesota Wild. Last night there was a 5-1 loss to Vegas at home at the Excel Energy Center.
“It’s heavy and we’ve yelled and blew, but we can’t do anything other than stick together and try to get back into our game structure,” says coach Dean Evason.
Joel Ericsson Ek played until the consolation goal.
Vegas guard Logan Thompson was injured in the third period and forced off the ice, unable to support himself on one leg.,
Philadelphia hit home by defeating Edmonton 2-1 on penalties at the Wells Fargo Center.
Matthias Janmark gets the assist against the Oilers.