Oliver Kapanen is having a great rookie season in the NHL.
Montreal Canadiens Oliver Kapanen took the joint top spot in the NHL rookie scoring list last night when he scored in Montreal’s 3-0 win over Calgary.
The Finn stole the puck in the second set From Nazem Kadri shortly after the mid-start and shoveled the rubber past the rucksack by Dustin Wolf.
The hit was Kapanen’s 14th of the season. Among the rookies, only Anaheim has been able to score as hard Beckett Sennecke. The duo is currently on a season pace of almost 27 goals.
In Montreal’s internal goal exchange, Kapanen is fourth. The same ranking is also in the Finns’ internal goal exchange, where the youngster is only ahead of them Mikko Rantanen (17), Sebastian Aho (17) and Artturi Lehkonen (15).
Montreal won 4–1, and the star of the match was Alexandre Texier (1+2). The Frenchman collected three power points in one NHL game for the first time in his career.
At the same time, he became only the third Frenchman to score at least 100 points in the NHL. They have previously only achieved something similar Antoine Roussel (197) and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (138).
Cut the pipe
Oliver Kapanen stole the puck from Nazem Kadri and scored his 14th goal of the season. PDO
The Dallas Stars snapped their six-game losing streak last night when the team defeated the Washington Capitals 4-1.
Finns from Dallas reached the points Esa Lindell (0+1) and Roope Hintzwho completed the last hit of the match.
– We got a bit of our identity back here. After Christmas, it’s been a while since we know who we are. We’ve conceded too many goals, Dallas head coach Glen Gulutzan said after the game on the NHL website.
During the six-match losing streak, Dallas has allowed a total of 26 goals, or an average of 4.33 goals per game.
– Then it’s hard to win, Gulutzan stated.
The Capitals only hit last night Alexander Ovechkin40. The hit was the Russian’s 18th of the season.
– He scores goals for me all the time, so it’s nothing new, the Dallas goalkeeper Casey DeSmith hosed after the match.
Ovechkin has scored six goals behind the man’s back in nine matches.