Slovak hockey forward Juraj Slafkovský scored his seventh goal of the season in the NHL night game against Tampa Bay. In the 26th minute, he reduced the score to 1:2 on the power play, and Montreal finally turned it around to make it 3:2. He achieved the seventh victory from the past nine matches.
With a numerical advantage, Slafkovský found himself on the left wing near Andrej Vasilevsky’s goal, which he beat with a millimeter-placed shot from an acute angle. “I was aiming for the top, but in the end it went down differently,” he said Slafkovsky according to nhl.com.
The Canadiens followed up his strike two minutes later, and Jake Evans completed their turnaround less than three minutes before the end of regular time. “Today was a great team victory,” remarked the Slovak striker, who started on the wing of the first formation. He spent 16:21 minutes on the ice and presented himself with four shots on goal and three hits. It was his third goal in the past four games. After 44 games played, he has 26 points for 7 goals and 19 assists.
After the triumph, the Canadiens remained in the position of the second free card in the Eastern Conference. Montreal was held by the Canadian goalkeeper Samuel Montembeault, who blocked 33 of 35 shots hosts and followed up on the performances of his Czech colleague Jakub Dobeš.
“We have two excellent goalkeepers who give us a chance to win every game,” he stated Slafkovsky. Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Černak missed the third game in a row due to injury.
