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Tampa. Nicklas Backstrom was back in the NHL after his hip surgery last spring. And what a comeback it was. A goal and two assists as the Washington home beat Carolina 4-1.
Nicklas Backstrom was back in the NHL after his hip surgery last spring. And what a comeback it was. A goal and two assists as the Washington home beat Carolina 4-1.
Nicklas Backstrom won Most assists in the NHL last season with 60 Malpass. He also won the scoring leaders for the Swedes with 78, yet had a problem with his hip.
May 27 surgery he was not ready to play when the NHL season kicked off last week.
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But after only having missed three games, he was sensational early back in Washington tonight. And what a comeback it was for “Bäckis”.
After 15:57 he played up TJ Oshie, who immediately shot 1-0 in powerplay over Cam Ward’s pick.
After 1:38 in the third, he made himself 2-0, via a Carolina Backs skating.
After 9:43, he assisted John Carlson whose slap shot meant 3-1. Also in powerplay.
Backstrom played 15:21 in its successful comeback and showed right away that he will be at least as good as last season. This despite the fact that he had given the other contenders for assisting the title and that Swedish points King three-match lead.
Bäckis did not play with the radar mate Alexander Ovechkin, who incidentally set the final score to 4-1, but he started in the second chain with Justin Williams and Marcus Johansson.
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Marcus was becoming scorer He also thanks Bäckis passes. Only an acrobatic save from Ward where he was on his back threw up velcro wraps in the air, prevented him from becoming the scorer.
– It was a bit lucky if I’ll be honest, humble Backstrom to the Washington Post after the success.
– But I went into the game with the attitude that we would win and nothing else. It was all I thought about. Obviously it’s nice to be back. Sure it’s fun to train, but much more fun to play the game.
– Did not look like he missed a match, said Ovechkin, who surely soon to score a Bäckis sandwiches again.
Washington coach Barry Trotz had nothing but praise to pour over its center.
– It shows how special he is. Here is a guy who has not played a match before he enters NHL in a fast-paced game against a fast team and it looks like he not missed a single pass. You realize how good he is when he’s back and what he means to the team, said Trotz Washington Post.
The meeting between the NHL’s best scorer Henrik Zetterberg and the league’s best Goalie Carey Price took Zata command. He played until his ninth point of the season when Dylan Larkin made the 1-0 Detroit in Montreal. Rookie Larkins fifth straight match points.
But Montreal came back. Scored four goals, including three in the final period to 4-1. The team is still undefeated in the fall.
Erik Karlsson assisted to eighth goal of the season when Ottawa chirped at home against Nashville and saved the match into extra time. Nashville did win on penalties. Filip Forsberg put her.
When Dallas visited the Florida Panthers burst Mattias Janmarks points suite. But Dallas won. Turned 0-2 to 4-2 after Tyler Seguin show. Two goals and two assists from gaming genius brought him up right behind Zetterberg in the scoring leaders with three goals and five assists.
San Jose went on the season’s first loss in Brooklyn and New York Islanders with three goals in the final period won by 6 -3.
Here in Tampa eventually won home side, but Victor Hedman, 2-1 over the Buffalo, but Johan Larsson, who was poked.
Stanley Cup finalists have big problems with his offensive game, but did manage to stop the inflow of short-handed goal.
The goalie Ben Bishop big match winner. He won his 84th match for the team and he is therefore best.
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