Svechnikov's productive series and Ovechkin's achievement: how the Russians showed themselves in the NHL

Goal at the beginning of the match and repetition of the achievement of Kovalchuk and Samsonov

Andrei Svechnikov continues to captivate North America with his incredible game. The second draft number, bursting into the Carolina last season, at the start of the current became the real leader of the team. First, he handed out assists one after another, and then he began to score on his own.

Saturday's match with Detroit was the third in a row in which the Russian was able to excel. Such a 19-year-old hockey player in the NHL before failed. In the course of his series, Svechnikov twice struck the goal of “Chicago” and “Calgary”, and at the gate “Flames” threw an incredibly beautiful lacrosse puck, and then upset “Detroit”.

And Andrei did not put off the matter, and already in the eighth minute he sent the shell to the outsider’s goal from the nickle. Thus, the striker became the first Carolina hockey player in nine years (after Eric Staal), who managed to score four goals in a row.

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By the way, for Svechnikov, the match with the Red Wings was special also because his older brother Evgeny was in the lineup. It was expected that on Saturday, fans will witness a family confrontation on ice, but on October 30, the club announced the transfer of Eugene to the AHL.

Without it, the Detroit resisted exactly until the middle of the meeting, and then missed two goals in two and a half minutes from Sebastian Aho and Nino Niederreiter and capitulated. Moreover, Aho made a double in this match. It is gratifying that the second time the Finn helped distinguish Svechnikov. It was after the throw that the Russian Sebastian sent a shell into the net. Then Martin Nechas also distinguished himself.

And after the final break, “Carolina” finished off the opponent with two more goals and scored a rout - 7: 3. Hurricanes won their seventh victory in their last eight matches and marked it in a very unusual way. On the ice of the PNC Arena the football player Jessica MacDonald, invited to a duel, came out, who was offered to execute a peculiar penalty kick with a soccer ball into the hockey goal. Aho, who volunteered to defend the last frontier, did not persist and missed from the girl.

Hockey players "Carolina" may well afford to fool around, because the team at the start of the season are doing fine. Hurricanes not only stamp victories, but have already risen to fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

It is gratifying that these successes are wholly and completely connected with the name of Svechnikov. The goal and assists helped him become the third star of the match. Forward, he missed only Aho, as well as Dagi Hamilton, who made three “assists” at once. At the same time, Andrei, who completed the meeting with a “+3” utility indicator, was only the third Russian in history who managed to score 50 points in the NHL before reaching the age of 20.

Forward scored a jubilee point, just opening an account. Now he has 51 points (26 goals + 25 assists) in 95 matches. Only Ilya Kovalchuk (118 points in 146 meetings) and Sergey Samsonov (54 points in 81 matches) showed themselves better in the overseas league at such a young age by hockey standards.

But for Svechnikov, everything is just beginning. It is hoped that in the course of the season he will not slow down and continue to drive forward “Carolina”. In the meantime, Andrei has 14 points for performance (6 + 8) in 13 matches of the season. In the team scorer race, he is second only to the already mentioned Hamilton (6 + 10).

Effective transfer and promotion in the list of legends

Meanwhile, the confident leader in the East is Vashinton by Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov. In the match with Buffalo, the Capitals won their tenth anniversary victory. At the same time, there was a possibility that Kuznetsov would miss the meeting because of suspicions of a concussion. Liam O'Brien was even called to replace him from the farm club, but as a result, his help was not needed, and Eugene still went on the ice, although he did not score points for performance.

Ovechkin was able to carry out an assist on TJ Oshi at the very end of the match. By that time, the fate of the confrontation was already clear. It was still decided in the first period, when the hosts in a beautiful manner threw four goals in four minutes and 27 seconds into the opponent’s goal.

After that, “Buffalo” was actually knocked down, and “Washington” was able to calmly bring the matter to victory, without putting much effort into it. The main characters of the meeting were Tom Wilson and Michal Kempny, who scored three points for performance. Moreover, the Czech, like Hamilton in the Carolina match, managed to make an asisstent hat trick.

As for Ovechkin, he recorded in his asset 15th point this season and climbed to sixth place in the regular season scorers race. But in the sniper competition, he shares the second place with several opponents at once. Alexander has already scored 11 goals and is inferior to one accurate throw only to David Pastrniak.

In parallel, the Russian climbed to 41st place in the list of top scorers in the history of the National Hockey League. An effective transfer in the match against Buffalo allowed Ovechkin to bypass Canadian Norma Ulman, a member of the NHL Hall of Fame. Now the Russian has 1230 points (669 + 561) in 1099 matches. The next goal of Ovechkin is the achievement of American Phil Housley - 1232 points in the NHL.