Tampa Bay Lightning hockey players in the lineup with Slovakian defender Erik Černák won over Juraj Slafkovský’s Montreal Canadiens 4:3 after raids.
Športweb 03.03.2024 06:24 , updated: 06:46
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Tampa defender Erik Černák fought with Juraj Slafkovský’s friend Arber Xhekaj in the match against Montreal.
Slafkovský also appeared in the raid lottery, but he did not convert his attempt. On the other hand, a converted try by defender Victor Hedman decided the victory for the Lightning.
Neither Černak nor Slafkovský scored in the match. Joel Armia, Jake Evans and Josh Anderson scored the goals of the Canadian team, which won twice in the meeting.
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The Tampa Bay defender played just over 18 minutes, recorded two plus points, four points and 7 penalty minutes. He got those for rudeness and a fight with Arber Xhekaj.
Their mutual banter finally resulted in a mass brawl, in which Slafkovský also joined. In the end, he did not throw down the gloves and was not punished. He played almost 21 minutes, added two minus points, two shots, one block and three points to his statistics. Watch the battle of Černák with Xhekaj:
Xhekaj turns Cernak into his dog pic.twitter.com/8cMj5RgeMG
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Not even forward Tomáš Tatar, whom Seattle lost to Edmonton 1:2, or Martin Pospíšil were included in the Canadian scoring. His Calgary won 4-3 over Pittsburgh.
Star Leon Draisaitl was involved in both of Edmonton’s goals. He was assisted by captain Connor McDavid in the first and thus scored in the tenth game in a row. His team recorded its third victory in a row. Tatar spent 11:10 minutes on the ice, had one shot on goal, one hit and did not score for the ninth time in a row.
In Calgary, Jegor Šarangović scored the winning goal just 50 seconds before the end of the game. Pospíšil played in the second attack with Connor Zary and Nazem Kadri and spent 12:17 minutes on the ice. He gave up eight hits, had one shot on goal and received a two-minute penalty for illegal blocking.
NHL results:
Calgary – Pittsburgh 4:3, Nashville – Colorado 5:1, St. Louis – Minnesota 3:1, Buffalo – Vegas 7:2, Philadelphia – Ottawa 4:2, Tampa – Montreal 4:3 PP and SN, Toronto – NY Rangers 4:3 PP and SN, NY Islanders – Boston 5:1, Dallas – San Jose 3:2, Chicago – Columbus 2:5, Detroit – Florida 0:4, Seattle – Edmonton 1:2
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