Athletistic / Hockey. The opening game of the new NHL season ended in Tampa. The Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Nashville Predators.

The hosts won with a score of 5:3. Tampa’s Russian striker Nikita Kucherov scored the first goal of the season, then scored twice. Russian defender Mikhail Sergachev provided the decisive pass. The Florida team also scored a double from Nick Paul and Brandon Hagel scored another goal.

Ryan O’Reilly, Juuso Pärssinen and Tommy Novak scored for Nashville that night. Yakov Trenin, who also participated in the match, failed to score.


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