Boston was in trouble on hemmais, and found themselves in a 1-2-disadvantage in the opening quarter-final, with just under five minutes left in the game to play.
Then Marcus Johansson – who had not made any assists so far in the playoffs – puck at midcourt and headed up towards the right tekningscirkeln. On the other hand, he saw that Charlie Coyle had a lot of surface area. The fit was distinctive, and Coyles direktskott likewise.
proved to be a winning concept, in the double sense of the word. About five minutes into the extension, it was time again. After a fast playback got Johansson the puck and took it to Coyle, who made startling free in front of goal, where he easily headed into the puck and set the final score to 3-2.
the two found chemistry?
” Yes, but you know, I think we’ve played well all the time. The puck just hasn’t gone in for us in the past. After the last match, it felt like we had earned some. So it was nice to see they go in (this time), ” says the swede to the press after the match.
and keep the game simple, he describes as the winning concept.
” It was what I think was behind both goals today. To keep it simple and to move on your feet, and to take advantage of the chances when we get them, ” he says.
For the Columbus part, it means that the team lost their first match in the finals, after going undefeated out of the åttondelsmötet against grundserievinnaren Tampa Bay.
” We struggled in the first period. But I thought we found our game for a few minutes there, but we could not complete the match, said coach John Tortorella in a press conference after the match.
the Next match in the series in best of seven played in Boston, the night of Sunday, Swedish time.
when St. Louis hemmabesegrade Dallas 3-2 in the Stanley Cup semi-final in Missouri.
The 27-year-old Russian forward was tvåmålsskytt after the first snärtat there 2-1 on the powerplay at the end of the second period. In the beginning of the third, he picked up a puck in the middle zone, skrinnade from Dallas stortalang Miro Heiskanen, and lifted skillfully up the puck behind goalie Ben Bishop.
Dallas, John Klingberg played until Jason Spezzas 1-1-goals, but more svenskpoäng than that, it was not in the match.
the Next meeting of the best of seven is played also in St. Louis, on Saturday evening, Swedish time.
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