The Detroit Red Wings blanked the Montreal Canadiens.
Ville Husso received congratulations from Olli Määtä for his clean sheet. PDO
Ville Husso got off to a flying start to his Red Wings career by saving a shutout in his debut as the Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3–0.
Husso, who saved 29 times, was awarded as the second star of the match.
– Most of the time we made Husson comfortable, but he came out with some big saves in the third period. That’s our goal going forward, Detroit pilot Derek Lalonde said.
The best player award went to the Swedish rookie who scored the winning goal For Elmer Söderblom.
It also went well with the Red Wings’ second new Finnish reinforcement Olli in Määtä, which sealed the match’s final readings. Määtä, who played more than 22 minutes, had a power reading of +2.
Last season in Tepsi for his pucks by Juraj Slafkovský The conquest of North America has not yet started in a particularly exciting way. In the night’s match, the Slovak played less than ten minutes and was on the ice during two setbacks.
Gaudreau’s home debut was slow
Columbus presented its new super acquisition Johnny Gaudreau to their home crowd when the Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The match only had a brisk two minutes to go, when Gaudreau caught a loose puck in front of the goal and shot it past Andrei Vasilievsky. Steven Stamkos (2+0) and Corey Perry however, they made sure that Lightning would not be left without a casualty Patrik Laineta at the feet of the home team that played.
The 2-5 loss meant that after two games the Blue Jackets are still winless.