Victor Hedman had plenty of time with the puck.

In numerical superiority, he received a pass at the blue line and was able to calmly advance a few meters, raise the club for a shot before he finally dreamed.

The puck slipped past several powerless outfielders and even got behind Anton Forsberg in the Ottawa goal.

Victory record

Otherwise, it was not immediately the case that the goal chances stood as rods in the hill when Tampa Bay received Ottawa.

Thomas Chabot gave the visitors the lead a quarter into the game, while Tampa Bay's two goals came in the second period.

In addition to scoring goal number two himself, Hedman was also noted for an assist after being involved in the preparatory work that led to the first goal, performed by Alex Killorn.

In the statistics-crazy league, Andrei Vasilevsky was noted in the Tampa goal for most victories in a calendar year, with 63. Teammate Steven Stamkos got the second assist to Hedman's goal, and thus reached the milestone of 900 points.

Lehner in trouble

In New Jersey, Vegas player William Karlsson caught a brilliant pass from Reilly Smith.

Karlsson advanced and scored the 3-1 goal just under eight minutes into the third period.

Teammate Mattias Janmark then played until Nicolas Roy, who 33 seconds later was able to put 4-1.

New Jersey pressed and scored two reduction goals, but Jonathan Marchessault was finally able to decide in an open goal to make it 5-3 for Vegas.

The team's Swedish goalkeeper Robin Lehner had to end the match in the penalty box, as he with 15 seconds left in the match got into a fight and threw both gloves and a helmet.

Before that, he had managed to save 23 of 26 shots.

Forsberg shone

Nashville's Swedes stayed ahead when they defeated Colorado at home, in the sixth victory in a row.

The home team succeeded with the feat despite missing seven players and five from the coaching staff as a result of the NHL's covid rules.

Instead, they had to borrow both players and coaches from the AHL team Milwaukee.

But what did it do when Filip Forsberg shone and accounted for two goals and an assist and was named the best player of the match?

In addition, Mattias Ekholm had to put the last puck for the match, which meant his first goal of the season.

The match ended 5-2.