Show named after Svechnikov

In recent years, the Carolinas' Russian striker has gone from being a hopeful player to one of the frontrunners of a team considered a shady contender for the Stanley Cup.

In the summer, the Hurricanes reinforced their roster with a couple of star veterans and now they are not only included in the pool of the main trophy contenders, but they are also doing well in the season, ranking fourth in the NHL summary table.

And in many respects this is the merit of Andrey Svechnikov, the best sniper of the team from Roli.

In the Maurice Richard Trophy race, he is third with 11 goals, behind only Bo Horvath (12) and Connor McDavid (15), whom he met on the ice last night.

And the Canadian himself is unlikely to want to remember this.

It's not just that his "Edmonton" failed to make a semblance of competition "Carolina" and was defeated with a score of 2:7.

McDavid himself once again scored two (1 + 1) points on duty, but ended up in the shadow of Svechnikov.

The Russian broke out with a hat-trick and was recognized as the second star of the day and the best player of the match.

In the honorary trio, he was made up entirely of teammates - Jordan Martinuk (1 + 1) and Pyotr Kochetkov.

The compatriot made a successful debut in the current championship and made 20 saves.

Including did not allow Dylan Holloway to implement a bullet.

Svechnikov not only scored three times and reached the mark of 100 goals in his career, but also demonstrated several facets of his talent at once.

First, he rolled out at the gate in a timely manner and mockingly threw the puck past not only the goalkeeper, but also two defenders.

Perhaps, in fact, Andrei tried to pass to Sebastian Aho, who was hiding at the far post, but hit the target with a rebound from the post.

He scored the second goal with a biting wrist throw from an average distance just above the trap, and the third one he “picked” from a penny.

Jack Campbell prevented the first attempt to finish off, but neither the goalkeeper nor the defender who came to the rescue could cope with the second one.

Thus, Svechnikov scored a hat-trick for the second time this season, and in both cases it happened in the confrontation with Edmonton.

The previous one took place on the night of October 21 in Moscow.

True, then "Carolina" lost (4:6), and McDavid "shot" four (1 + 3) points at once.

The success of Panarin and the Rangers

While Svechnikov is chasing McDavid and simultaneously fighting Kirill Kaprizov for the title of the best Russian sniper in the championship, Artemy Panarin competes with Nikita Kucherov in the scorer race.

In the match with Detroit, the leader of the Rangers scored two assists, thanks to which he not only caught up with his compatriot in points (both 21 each), but also helped the team establish an important achievement.

Earlier in the 21st century, they only managed to hit the opponent's goal twice, six or more times in a period.

In 2007, Boston received the “steering wheel”, and a year ago, Philadelphia was upset seven times in a segment.

True, if then the Rangers spurt fell on the second period, then this time all the most interesting happened in the third.

By this time, the teams scored twice each, and the guests evened the score precisely thanks to Panarin's radio-controlled pass.

The Russian got the puck on the edge of the face-off circle and sent it straight to Chris Kreider, who was sitting on the penny, who had only to substitute the stick correctly.

And already in the first half of the final 20 minutes, he assisted Barclay Goudroy, effectively shooting from the side.

As a result, the Rangers defeated Detroit with a score of 8: 2, and Panarin, although he did not make it into the top three hockey players of the meeting, had reason to be proud.

To reach the bar of 20 points for the season, the Russian needed to play 15 matches, which is the third result in the history of the club.

Only the legendary Jaromir Jagr managed to do it faster.

In the 2005/06 championship, 14 games were enough for him, and a year later he surpassed himself and did it in 12.

This time, his teammates were in Panarin's shadow.

So, Igor Shesterkin reflected 18 shots on goal and interrupted a series of two failures, and Vitaly Kravtsov scored the first point in the current regular season.

For this, the Russian forward took six games.

Buchnevich's two points and Georgiev's 31 saves

A successful day turned out for other Russian hockey players.

First of all, for the domestic legionnaires of St. Louis, whose successful actions allowed the team to get the better of San Jose (5: 3) and put an end to a series of eight defeats in a row.

Pavel Buchnevich assisted partners twice and scored points for the first time since October 16, and Vladimir Tarasenko organized the winning goal.

Distinguished Kalle Rosen.

From a statistical point of view, Ivan Provorov performed quite successfully.

The Philadelphia defender took part in both goals scored in the meeting with Columbus - first, Tony Deangelo became the author of the first, and the Russian chalked up the second.

True, this did not help the Flyers avoid the fiasco - 2:5.

In turn, Alexander Georgiev continues to win the competition for the title of the first number of "Colorado" from Pavel Francouz.

In the confrontation with Nashville, although he missed three times, he made 31 saves at once and became one of the creators of his team's victory (5:3).

And if the goalkeeper continues in the same vein, he may well become one of the contenders for the Vezina Trophy.

At the moment, the Russian takes sixth place in terms of the percentage of reflected shots among goalkeepers who have played nine or more matches (92.4%).

Above him are only recognized stars, including his compatriot Ilya Sorokin.

Although he could not prevent Arizona from dealing with his Islanders, he himself made 26 saves and became the third star of the meeting.