And then the angry Tkachuk raged
In the Florida State Derby, two Russian goalkeepers met again – Sergey Bobrovsky against Andrey Vasilevsky.
In general, “Tampa” launched the championship regardless: three defeats in four matches. This is due to the Lightning having a short off-season for three consecutive years as the team has always reached the Stanley Cup Finals. Therefore, “Tampa” is slowly swinging. But defeating the main contender in the derby is a matter of principle.
Steven Stamkos opened the scoring by converting the majority in the first half. It’s already been forgotten that the Tampa captain is broken, broken, and a number of fans have asked if it’s necessary to leave him at the club. Now 32-year-old Stamkos has scored his seventh goal and has risen to first place in the championship among snipers, overtaking Andrey Svechnikov.
Florida scored two goals, the first being by American forward Matthew Tkachuk, who was traded from Calgary on a blockbuster offseason deal. But then Tampa forward Braden Point turned things around. He first equalized in the third period and was assisted by Nikita Kucherov and Mikhail Sergachev. By the way, Kuch gave the majority transfer to Stamkos.
And in overtime, there was a denouement when the angry Tkachuk panicked. Nikita Kucherov fled from him to the gate, failed to beat Bobrovsky. But Tkachuk slammed him to the side, and when the Russian fell he started hitting the club lying in the back, hitting him in the head and generally creating an even disgrace. It could even be worth a disqualification.
Lightning offensive defenseman Victor Hedman hit the rampaging Tkachuk. “Florida” remained in overtime in the minority, and Point transfers from Stamkos and Corey Perry achieved this majority (3:2).
Bobrovsky: ‘It was a good game, but we took a point’
“After a series of defeats, the other guys had to take a step forward. Otherwise, we have a guy who scores most of the goals,” said Point, referring to Stamkos, who scored in the fifth game in a row. – We have guys who should deliver results, and we get paid for it.
In general, playing against Florida is always difficult, but fun. Matches are achieved at high speed, in a hard style. It’s good to win in times like this.”
If we talk about the duel of Russian goalkeepers, then Vasilevsky won it. He made 36 saves, brought the victory to the team and was named the game’s third star. Bobrovsky made 29 saves and, in principle, showed himself worthy. Its adaptation in Florida after the passage of Columbus has been postponed, but this story is already in the past.
“It was a good match,” Bobrovsky said. – It seemed to me that the match was tense, but, unfortunately, we did not score two points. We’ve taken a point and we’ll move on.
“We were struggling early in the game, so beating a good team like Florida will hopefully give us some momentum going forward,” Stamkos said. “We just wanted to get on the pitch to play our best. And what will be, will be. When you do this you are usually rewarded.
It was a typical Tampa-Florida game,” Lightning coach John Cooper said. – There was everything, but our special teams played a big role. I think that was the difference. I just liked the way we fought in the third period.
In this case, you should not come across Tkachuk. On the flip side, he became the first player in Panthers history to score a point in all five games at the start of the season. And now he leads Florida’s scoring list with 8 points (3+5). He fitted in well with the new team. Something has to be done for the nerves…
Nichushkin is tied with McDavid
And again, there is a reason to talk about “Colorado” forward Valery Nichushkin. He is now doing miracles. Not only that, he only recently recovered from a foot injury. Long and carefully restored. And in July he came on crutches to a hockey game organized by friends of Artemy Panarin.
But Nichushkin returned to the Colorado team and began to work out his new $49 million contract so famous that he is now second in the league’s top scorers list!
He scored 10 points (5+5) in five matches. Nearby is Connor McDavid (5+5=10), only Artemy Panarin is ahead (3+8=11).
Colorado lost to Seattle (2:3), but Nichushkin scored two points for key assists. Moreover, it cannot be said that Valera played in the first row. He dated Alex Newhook and Evan Rodriguez. And also he was placed in the top three with TJ Komfer and Martin Kaut. Nichushkin spent less than three minutes with Nathan McKinnon and Mikko Rantanen, but otherwise came out with workhorses.
But Nichushkin’s metamorphosis is that he himself has gone from a workaholic to a cutting edge striker. And he became the top scorer now, “Colorado”.
In general, it is very interesting how two residents of Chelyabinsk – Panarin and Nichushkin – at the beginning of the season got into the goalscoring race with McDavid himself. Let’s see how long our guys last. By the way, Panarin already passed Connor McDavid in his first season, when he robbed him of the Calder Trophy rookie award.
NHL. Regular season
Florida Panthers (Sunrise) – Tampa Bay Lightning (Tampa) – 2:3 OT (1:1, 1:0, 0:1, 0:1)
Goals: Tkachuk, 15:48. Balzers, 35:37. —Stamkos, 13:04 (bol.). Period, 49:29, 62:08 (bol.).
Colorado Avalanche (Denver) – Seattle Kraken (Seattle) – 2:3 (0:0, 1:2, 1:1)
Goals: Rodríguez, 25:55. Bayram 46:58 (men.). — Schwartz, 21:38 (bol.). Macken, 10 p.m. Kuhlman, 52:06.
Source : MatchTV
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