Without Ovechkin and Vasilevsky, “Washington” and “Tampa” turned into a pumpkin, and whims drag Minnesota “Islanders” repeatedly scolded the “capital”, who lost the Russian captain – 5: 1. Champions without

Without Ovechkin and Vasilevsky, “Washington” and “Tampa” turned into a pumpkin, and whims “Minnesota”

Islanders repeatedly scolded the capital, who lost the Russian captain – 5: 1. Champions without the MVP Cup Stanley-2021 fly in Columbus-2: 5. The author of the golden goal of Pyeongchang finishes the Kalgary in overtime – 3: 2.

It seems that Washington will become a tidbit, even the most welcome dish in the playoffs and will fly out for the fourth time in a row in the first round of the Stanley Cup. As soon as the Great Eight after the vile footboard of the Swedish goalkeeper, the Toronto, could fail, as Capitals immediately rained down.

The day after yesterday after the slap from the islanders on his ice (1: 4), Washington coach Peter Laviolett was indignant:

– We have no right to play like that! Especially on the eve of the playoffs. This is not who we really are. This is not our modus operandi. But it was one evening. One lousy game. All! Forgot…

Easy to say. No, dear coach, just like that – Lysersky! -Your team has a modus operandy when the Russian car still breaks for a while. On Long Island, the Islanders proved this vividly, crushing you in general with one left-5: 1. Semyon Varlamov did not have enough 42 seconds to the cracker, which did not stop him from getting the first star of the match. However, now Laviolett spoke out extremely euphemistically – and right, why herself whip himself in the cabs:

– Our special teams have not worked today. It seemed that we had a lot of good segments, but they did not form a holistic picture. The opponent acted tightly in the defense and created moments in equal compositions. This is the whole difference …

And I, naive, believed that Ovechkin’s left shoulder was injured. Without it, the majority really overshadowed – Zero heads with six attempts. But the Ailes realized three out of five removal of the guests.

The only good news for Washington fans-for morning rolling before meeting with the New Yorkers, Alexander still went on the ice. For the first time in four days. He was engaged with everyone without restrictions, but as before everyone is silent when the captain returns the basis. Moreover, Laviolett clarified: if the playoffs had already started, Ovi would still not play for sure.

This, you see, was drawn in the US capital.

But the “Tampa”, which unexpectedly capitulated with a modest “blue uniform” in Columbus – 2: 5, should not be worried. Nikita Kucherov scored in the eighth round in a row and repeated the club, as well as the Russian record of Alexander Mogilny (1993) and Pavel Bure (1994).Stephen Stamkos scored the next two points and brought a personal seasonal achievement to 103 (39+64) points. Previously, the captain of the lightning never pierced a hundred.

The reason for the defeat of the champions is trivial – they gave Andrei Vasilevsky to rest. His Canadian shifter Ellitt, gently, did not help out.

In the cup eight of the East there was a tricky arrangement. Boston destroyed Buffalo (5: 0) and came close to Tampa – 107 points against 108. While Bruins begin the playoffs with a series with Carolina, and Lighting with Toronto. But everything can change if Boston wins in the final round, and Tampa will lose.

And here is the most interesting! Lightning tomorrow will pay a visit to Long Island, and the bears are waiting for Toronto. That is, the leaves can choose the first rival on the playoffs! Something tells me that to start in the playoffs with a strut with the current Maples Leafs champions, they do not burn with a desire and will not rest in a duel with Boston. However, if the Tampa prevails over the Islanders, the result of the game in Toronto will no longer have any meaning.

Their layouts at Minnesota. Yes, it is guaranteed to fight with St. Louis in the first round. But who will have the advantage of their ice? Therefore, for the wild, an extremely important meeting was presented with the Kalgary, the second team of the West. At the Flemz, the assistant’s gift from the defender Nikita Zadorov suddenly erupted – two programs. However, everything in overtime was a shot in the touch in most Kirill Caprizov – 3: 2. There is a 46th goal and 106th point in the championship, and as a reward-the first star of the match.

Minnesota is ahead of St. Louis into two points. You need one more to book a home platform. But ahead of the “wild” champion of the West “Colorado”, and “Bluesmen” will accept “Vegas” tomorrow, who no longer needs anything.