Slovak hockey defender Erik Černák scored his third goal in the NHL night match, which contributed to the triumph of Tampy Bay over Calgary 3: 0. The attacker Juraj Slafkovský participated in the assistance of the Montreal victory over San Jose 4: 3 after the overtime and scored in the fourth match in a row.
Slafkovský was 7th minute at the beginning of the counterattack of the home when the puck stabbed the guest player. Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki got into the escape and the latter scored a shot without preparation for a continuous 1: 1. Canadiens in the match three times equalized the close lead of the “sharks” and finally scored two points when Caufield decided their triumph.
Slafkovský played 21:04 min., During which he also scored one plus point, fired three times on the goal and had 6 hits – most in the match. Montreal won the third meeting in a row and loses five points to the second free card in the Eastern Conference. Sharks lost in the seventh match in the series and remains the weakest team of the competition.
The best form of the Eastern Conference teams is Tampa Bay, who won the seventh match in a row. Černák scored at 44 minutes at 1: 0, When he skated into the free space in the offensive action of the home and shot Dustin Wolf with a shot. After 52 duels played has a balance of 3+13. He played a total of 20:11 in the match and scored a plus point to the statistics.
Černák’s compatriot in the team of Martin Pospíšil had the most hits in the match – 5, but his time on ice 9:04 was the lowest of all players. Flames lost for the first time in two victories.
The best team of the Eastern Conference Washington lost on home ice with St. Louis 2: 5. For Capitals it was the fourth loss of the past six home games. The blues triumphed for the third time in a row and scored in all four duels after the national break. Washington defender Martin Fehérváry played 16:12 min. And he added one minus point to the statistics. He also presented three hits – most (together with Pierre -Luc Dubois) from the team.
