Columbus’ winning streak lasted two games.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi slammed the puck into the top shelf from Teuvo Teräväinen’s serve. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2, although the Blue Jackets led the match with some lucky goals midway through the third period 2–0.
The Finns were strongly featured in the rise of the home team. Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored Carolina’s opening goal first Teuvo Teräväinen of quick insight.
Three minutes before the end of the regular game time Sebastian Aho picked up an important opening win on the offensive end. Carolina got some good pressure as a result, which ended Brady Skjein to the equalizing goal.
– I feel like I scored three goals today. Two Columbus goals went in from me and I scored one for us, Skjei laughed after the game on the NHL website.
One minute and 55 seconds before the end of the third period, Aho passed the puck To Andrei Svechnikov, who scored a 3–2 winning goal. The hit was only the first of the season for the Russian star. He already has 12 games under his belt.
– That goal was a relief in a way, although I wasn’t even thinking about it. I knew it was coming at some point. Now was the right time and moment. This was a huge victory for us, Svechnikov stated about his goal.
Scorers from the Columbus camp Johnny Gaudreau and Kirill Marchenko and head coach Pascal Vincent assured that the team played well despite the loss.
– We played well. I think we had a lot of places. It’s about ourselves. We played really well in two sets and well in the third set. This is tough when it leads nowhere, Martsenko thought.
Advanced stats don’t agree with the Columbus camp. According to the Moneypuck side purchase, for example, Carolina clearly won the expected goal by 3.75–1.47. The shots, on the other hand, were recorded for the hosts 56–29.
– We did the right things for most of the game, but it wasn’t enough, Vincent saw.
Losing the lead has become the cardinal sin of Columbus. For example, during the recent nine-match losing streak, the team led the game no less than seven times, but still always left the locker room with a loss on their neck.
Patrick Laine played in Columbus’ second chain by Adam Fantill and Dmitri Voronkov with. The Finn got a good 15 minutes of ice time. No points were accumulated for Lainee, and the man’s power statistic showed a reading of -1.