Florida’s Finnish chain was on a destructive streak against the Islanders.
Anton Lundell scored his opening goal of the season. PDO
In the night’s NHL games, the Florida Panthers beat the New York Islanders 3–2. The first two hits of the home team were made by the Finns, when they played in the same chain Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen in turn flashed the red light.
Lundell gave the home crowd a shout after just 39 seconds. The attacker didn’t really need the help of others when he took the puck away in the corner From Adam Pelechturned towards the goal and would shoot the puck into the goal from almost zero angle.
Sentinel between the posts Semyon Varlamov would definitely like to take that situation again, as the shot bounced off his equipment and into the goal.
Luostarinen also succeeded in the same batch. The Russian had bad luck again on the way, when the Finn’s shot took a bounce in front of the goal and the puck flew over the mattress and into the cage. The hit was the second of the season for the 24-year-old Luostarinen.
Florida Captain Alexander Barkov missed power points like the first field. The man’s goal column of more than 600 NHL games still shows zero when the season has had time to age by six games.
There were no Finns in the Islanders’ ranks.
Detroit Red Wings goaltender Ville Husso was on a strike against the Anaheim Ducks. The team from Mootirakupungi won 5–1 with the help of the Finnish keeper and keeps the point streak that started at the beginning of the season.
Husso made 31 saves to win and was awarded a three-star. Detroit’s power man was a Czech striker Dominik Kubalik with a score of 1+2.
Columbus Blue Jackets lost without Finnish players Joonas Korpisaloa and Patrik Laineta New York Rangers with a clear margin of 1–5. New Yorkers Kaapo Kako didn’t increase his power stat.