The Finnish star let his cannon speak again.
Patrik Laine cannoned the nets again. USA TODAY Sports / AOP
The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Vegas Golden Knights erected the actual scoreboard on Sunday.
Without his top two scores, that is Boone Jenner and Jakub Voracek the Blue Jackets, who slipped into the trough, took the win 6–4.
Missed in previous time against Minnesota Wildia Patrik Laine The game was uncertain due to a bump in the left knee, but the Finnish goalie came into full swing.
Laine showed his ability to hit as early as 2.12, when the Blue Jackets played with superiority.
Gustav Nyquist bait Laine for this office. Although the pass was not quite right, Laine was able to load another knee on the ice past the puck Golden Knights goalkeeper Logan Thompson.
For Laine, the goal was 23rd in the season and 60th in the NHL career. For European players only Alex Ovetshkin, Ilya Kovaltshuk and David Pastrnak have made more superior paints before their 24th anniversary.
Sillinger hat
The biggest hero in the Blue Jackets was playing in the NHL for the first time Cole Sillingerwhose racket resulted in a 2-2 draw in the opening round and 4-2 and 5-2 goals in the second round.
The hat trick was 18 years for Sillinger’s first NHL career. In the history of Blue Jackets only Nikita Filatov (18 years, 230 days) has managed to do a hat trick younger than Sillinger (18 years, 301 days).
– You often don’t get these unless you’re Patrik Laine, Sillinger said in a field break interview.
Only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Mike Bossy have done more hat tricks than Wave before their 24th birthday. Laine has time to increase the number of her hat tricks from the current nine until the end of the regular season.
Bjorkstrand effective
In addition to Sillinger, a Danish striker Oliver Bjorkstrand spent an efficient evening. The result was 4 (1 + 3) power points. Thanks to its four power points, Bjorkstrand became the most powerful player in the Blue Jackets at this point with a balance of 45 (21 + 24).
Laine have played 7–9 less games than others and have scored 43 (23 + 20) power points in 41 matches.
The hurry is coming
With their victory, the Blue Jackets kept their dream of a playoff spot alive.
The Blue Jackets have 63 points out of 60 matches, while the Washington Capitals in the last playoff spot have 74 points out of 60 matches. Closing the 11-point gap would require a pretty miracle from Ble Jackets.