victory "Pittsburgh" over "Ottawa

Evgeni Malkin was one of the creators of a major victory, "Pittsburgh" over "Ottawa", confident play of Sergei Bobrovsky provided the "Columbus" victory over the Arizona and assists Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov helped "to Washington" to break the resistance of "Buffalo" in overtime. RT talks about the results of the next game day in NHL. Magic Malkin

The final match of the short home series Evgeny Malkin, and the entire "Pittsburgh", was a 100 and even more wards Mike Sullivan won the biggest victory of the season, throwing the gate out of Ottawa with eight goals. This match actually became the most productive in the season 13 times to upset each other for 60 minutes one could not, although a serious bid a day earlier, did calgary and Anaheim, staying at number 11.

The fact that the match will be successful, it became clear already in the opening, when the goalkeeper "Pittsburgh" Mark-Andre Fleury and his experienced counterpart Craig Anderson had twice to remove the washer from the gate. Brown Rasta goals and Sidney Crosby (for the latter, he became the 17th in the season) "Senators" replied accurate throws performed by Therris Kyle and Erik Karlsson.

But, as it turned out, the first period was only the prelude to a hockey play that was expected of the audience on a crowded stage, "PI-PI-Dzhi Pants" — in the final 40 minutes of the game teams nine times lit the red light behind the gates of each other.

Cost "Ottawa" to come forward (4:2) — the visitors broke away in the first seven minutes of the second period, as the "penguins" took over. First, the gap has reduced a veteran of the club Matt Callen. After a few minutes Phil Kessel and Justin Schultz sent the guests down, found the net twice in 24 seconds.

Russian forward "Pittsburgh" Yevgeny Malkin in the first two periods were noted assistant Dubl, providing accurate transmission of Rasta and Schultz, and in the final 20-minute was the beginning of the defeat of the "senators". The Russians scored the sixth goal for his team, showing great individual skills. After receiving the puck at the blue line, Evgeni made a RAID to the gates of Craig Anderson and made his throw with awkward hands in the near corner of the canadian. Two players "Ottawa" — the defender Brand Borowiecki and forward Mark stone, who tried to prevent the Russian to apply a throw, only had to watch as Gino coolly shoots the net To the credit of Ottawa, she found the strength to minimize the gap — dione of Fane scored the fifth goal in gate of Matt Murray, who succeeded in the second period, Marc-Andre Fleury. However, the last word in this incredible match told the forward "Pittsburgh" Rust. He at the last minute, scored twice and netted his first hat-trick in his career. In the end, the canadian and was named first star of the match.

The second rank went to Malkin, whose goal is largely decided the outcome of the meeting. For the Russians, extending scoring streak to six games, scored in the match with "Ottawa" points allowed to join in the race scorers. Only the striker is now 28 (10 + 18 points), and he overtook compatriot Vladimir Tarasenko of "St. Louis". Bobrovsky keeps the brand

"Columbus" in the new season not to know. Apparently, John Tortorella managed to establish the team's "chemistry" and the results speak for themselves. The team from Ohio, in recent years, former indispensable outsider, the new season holds swarupananda, entrenched in fourth place in the Eastern conference. The gap from the leader — "Montreal" — is only two points, and for the Christmas mini-vacation "blue Jackets" you can go in the status of the leader of the East, which seems realistic, given the upcoming games with teams that are not yet get into the playoffs.

In the match with a modest "Arizona", languishing in the basement of the Western conference, the team of John Tortorella, as expected, no points lost, won a landslide victory. Missed the first (in the tenth minute, Tobias Rieder printed after the gate Sergei Bobrovsky), "blue Jackets" in the future, we completely controlled the game, scoring four unanswered goals. Especially trying forward Sam Gagne, who scored. The canadian took part in all the goals of the team, assistiram nick Foligno and Zack Varinski. The Russian goalkeeper "Columbus" Sergei Bobrovsky of the work was a little: the match of the pupil of Novokuznetsk hockey has reflected 17 throws, scoring 14-win season Kuznetsov and Orlov helped "to Washington"

"Washington" in their last three games no points were scored at all. Yes, and with goals clearly were not friends: 185 minutes squad Barry Trotta was granted only three goals in the gate rivals. In the match against "sabres" Ovechkin and company was needed to win. Known in the past Soviet and Russian defenseman Alexei Zhitnik, commenting on the team's failure, expressed the opinion that "capitals" need a versatile defender level Chris Letang that would help score points Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov.

The words of the veteran who had played in the NHL 1085 matches, the absolute record for this indicator among Russians, fully confirmed in the match with "Buffalo" in which the hosts managed to put the squeeze on the reporting of the enemy only in overtime. And most of the match "Washington" were behind and managed to push the game into overtime just six minutes before the end of the final period. In winning goal, which became Swedish forward Marcus Johansson (he scored twice), took part Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov, on account of which assists. # Pittsburgh