Hockey
Hat-trick and 6 points for a defenseman in the NHL, Buffalo’s breakthrough, Florida’s victory
In the NHL East, the leaders remain Detroit and Carolina, who won today and share first place with 69 points. The top 3 was completed by Tampa Bay, which unexpectedly conceded 8 goals from Columbus.
Buffalo is sensationally in the top 4 of the conference. The team, which has missed the play-offs for 13 consecutive seasons, has won 18 of the last 22 games and aims to make a quick entry into the post-regular season.
Florida won an important victory. The Panthers beat Minnesota on Brad Marchand’s double and hope to avoid missing the playoffs. The league champion is in the 6th place, 6 points behind the top 3.
In the West, Edmonton gave the super game and defeated Washington 6:5 with a hat-trick in overtime and got 6 points from defender Evan Bouchard. This was the first hat-trick in the player’s career.
Connor McDavid scored two goals and had three assists.
Regular season in NHL
New York Islanders – buffalo 0:5
Nashville – Utah 2:5
Boston -Montreal 4:3
Ottawa – Caroline 1:4
columbus – Tampa Bay 8:5
winnipeg – of Detroit 1:5
St.Louis – Los Angeles 4:5 in shootouts
Minnesota – Florida 3:4 in overtime
Edmonton – Washington 6:5 in overtime
Source: Sport UA
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