The Ottawa Senators and the Los Angeles Kings opened the machine during their duel on Monday afternoon, with the crowd favorites at the Canadian Tire Center ultimately winning by an incredible score of 8-7.
Among the “Sens”, it was goalkeeping problems that did not help their cause. Linus Ullmark did not take part in the morning training due to stiffness and Anton Forsberg was sent into the fray.
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Except that the Swedish goalkeeper also suffered an injury. Forsberg had just allowed three goals on nine shots when a collision forced him to retreat to the locker room. This is how the Danish giant Mads Sogaard took his place.
Fortunately for their goaltenders, the Senators were in good shape offensively. They fired 41 shots at Darcy Kuemper, who failed eight times. It was Josh Norris who scored the winning goal just 56 seconds into overtime.
Norris stood out with a double, as did the robust Zack MacEwen. The striker surprised everyone, but especially Kuemper, by scoring with a real cannonball in the second period.
A real cannonball from Zack MacEwen! –
For the Kings, Anze Kopitar and Brandt Clarke finished the game with three points, while Norris, Tim Stützle and Drake Batherson followed suit for the Senators.
This duel did not lack robustness either. Tanner Jeannot delivered quite a check to defender Artem Zub, who did not finish the game.
Artem Zub comes up against the Tanner Jeannot train –
An excellent start to the season for Jake Allen
Everything is going well for Jake Allen in New Jersey, who recorded a 3-0 shutout, thereby becoming the first goalie to defeat the Utah hockey club.
The former Montreal Canadiens blocked 20 shots to sign a second victory in as many starts. On Saturday, he made 17 saves in a 3-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres.
Clayton Keller and Dylan Guenther, who are on fire at the start of the season, have finally cooled down. Allen recorded his 25th career shutout at their expense.
The surprising Seamus Casey, already battling with Lane Hutson among the best first-year defenders, scored his third goal of the campaign at the very start of the first period. He subsequently became complicit in Stefan Noesen’s success.
Captain Nico Hischier completed the scoring on the power play.
