When the former Brynäs player Lindblom, in a black cap, was zoomed in on the jumbo throne in a commercial break, the audience stood up and applauded. Coach Alain Vigneault also began to applaud and the players in the booth hit their clubs against the edge.

"It was a lot of emotion, a lot of emotion," Philadelphia writes on Twitter and hashtag: "Be strong Oskar."

Team captain Claude Giroux has said that Philadelphia will play for Oskar Lindblom this entire season.

A few days ago Lindblom applied for training and met teammates and leaders.

Greeted the team at training this week

- He had the same wonderful smile as usual. That was clearly the highlight of the day. He feels really good and is in a brilliant mood, coach Alain Vigneault said at the time and told me that Lindblom's treatment is going well and that it was nice for the players to hear it.

Tampa Bay won with the match's only goal by Pat Maroon. The tenth straight victory is a tangled club record and a touchdown of the NY Islanders' suite from last fall, which is the league's best this season.

- We who are out on the ice clog in the middle and let Vasilevsky (the goalkeeper) see all the pucks. I think it is key to our team effort to constantly be aware of how we relate to our own zone. When that works, we can then spend more time in the offensive zone, "star hitter Victor Hedman tells the NHL.