First goal, second battle. A new Czech name is making itself known in the NHL – 2024-04-19 13:59:29

2024-04-19 13:59:29

Adam Klapka helped the Calgary hockey players win 5:1 over San Jose with his first goal in the NHL. The Czech striker also earned five penalty minutes for the fight.

Klapka earned an invitation to the main team a few days ago thanks to his performances in the AHL, in which he leads the productivity of the Calgary Wranglers.

Against San Jose, he started on the wing of the fourth attack and scored for the first time in his sixth start in the NHL.

The 23-year-old striker opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a shot from behind the left circle.

“It’s amazing, I’ll never forget it,” gushed Klapka, confirming that his teammates wanted him to end the game with a Gordie Howe hat trick (goal, assist, fight). That didn’t work. “But I’m happy to have shown that I can play these tough matches. It means a lot to me. I feel that I’m capable of playing here. It’s just the beginning,” he continued.

At the beginning of the middle period, Givani Smith challenged Klapka to a fist fight with the score 2:0. The two exchanged a few shots before the Czech player lost his balance during one of the shots and ended up on the ice.

Klapka also got into the cornea in the previous duel with Vancouver, when the duel ended prematurely for him and his opponent Conor Garland.

Now the battle of Calgary kicked up again and in the 27th minute the lead was already five goals. Dustin Wolf didn’t get a goal until nine seconds before the end. Jan Rutta and Filip Zadina were missing from the losers’ lineup due to injury.

Lukáš Dostál led Anaheim to a 4-1 victory in Vegas on the last day of the NHL regular season and was named the first star of the match. The hero of the game stopped 32 shots.

Dostála was surpassed only in the power play by Jack Eichel, who used Tomáš Hertl’s screen in the 39th minute to equalize at 1:1.

Anaheim had a successful start to the final period, jumping to a 3:1 lead in the opening eighty seconds with a series of goals. The score was closed by Frank Vatrano, who completed a hat trick when Vegas was at risk without a goalkeeper.

NHL results:

Calgary – San Jose 5:1 (2:0, 3:0, 0:1)

Goals: 13. Valve, 15. Coleman, 24. Kylington, 26. Rooney, 27. Weegar – 60. Zetterlund. Shots on goal: 37:17. Spectators: 17,946. Stars of the game: 1. Coleman, 2. Weegar, 3. Wolf (all Calgary).

Minnesota – Seattle 3:4 (1:0, 0:1, 2:3)

Goals: 5. Kaprizov, 52. Zuccarello, 59. Faber – 47. and 59. Gourde, 31. Beniers, 58. Kartye. Shots on goal: 24:27. Spectators: 19,138. Stars of the match: 1. Gourde (Seattle), 2. Kaprizov (Minnesota), 3. Kartye (Seattle).

Winnipeg – Vancouver 4:2 (1:1, 1:1, 2:0)

Goals: 21st and 58th Perfetti, 12th Vilardi, 46th Čibrikov – 6th Garland, 38th E. Lindholm. Shots on goal: 26:20. Spectators: 15,225. Stars of the match: 1. Chibrikov, 2. Lambert, 3. Perfetti (all Winnipeg).

Colorado – Edmonton 5:1 (4:1, 1:0, 0:0)

Goals: 2. and 8. Nichuskin, 6. Rantanen, 11. Manson, 32. Parise – 16. Holloway. Shots on goal: 27:26. Spectators: 18,129. Stars of the match: 1. MacKinnon, 2. Nichushkin, 3. Parise (all Colorado).

Vegas – Anaheim 1:4 (0:0, 1:1, 0:3)

Goals: 39. Eichel – 25., 42. and 60. Vatrano, 41. LaCombe. Shots on goal: 33:23. He made it he caught the entire game for Anaheim, conceding one goal on 33 shots and had a 97 percent shooting success rate. Spectators: 18,109. Stars of the match: 1. He made it (Anaheim), 2. Eichel (Vegas), 3. Vatrano (Anaheim).

Los Angeles – Chicago 5:4 in overtime. (0:1, 3:0, 1:3 – 1:0)

Goals: 25. and 59. Arvidsson, 37. Byfield, 38. Moore, 61. Kempe – 16. Reichel, 42. T. Johson, 44. Anderson, 47. Donato. Shots on goal: 35:13. Spectators: 18,145. Stars of the match: 1. Arvidsson, 2. Danault, 3. Kempe (all Los Angeles).

NHL Final Tables:

Eastern Conference:

Atlantic Division:

1.	y-Florida	82	52	6	24	268:200	110
2.	x-Boston	82	47	15	20	267:224	109
3.	x-Toronto	82	46	10	26	303:263	102
4.	x-Tampa Bay	82	45	8	29	291:268	98
5.	Detroit	82	41	9	32	278:274	91
6.	Buffalo	82	39	6	37	246:244	84
7.	Ottawa	82	37	4	41	255:281	78
8.	Montreal	82	30	16	36	236:289	76

Metropolitan Division:

1.	p-NY Rangers	82	55	4	23	282:229	114
2.	x-Carolina	82	52	7	23	279:216	111
3.	x-NY Islanders	82	39	16	27	246:263	94
4.	x-Washington	82	40	11	31	220:257	91
5.	Pittsburgh	82	38	12	32	255:251	88
6.	Philadelphia	82	38	11	33	235:261	87
7.	New Jersey	82	38	5	39	264:283	81
8.	Columbus	82	27	12	43	237:300	66

Western Conference:

Central Division:

1.	z-Dallas	82	52	9	21	298:234	113
2.	x-Winnipeg	82	52	6	24	259:199	110
3.	x-Colorado	82	50	7	25	304:254	107
4.	x-Nashville	82	47	5	30	269:248	99
5.	St. Louis	82	43	6	33	239:250	92
6.	Minnesota	82	39	10	33	251:263	87
7.	Arizona	82	36	5	41	256:274	77
8.	Chicago	82	23	6	53	179:290	52

Pacific Division:

1.	y-Vancouver	82	50	9	23	279:223	109
2.	x-Edmonton	82	49	6	27	294:237	104
3.	x-Los Angeles	82	44	11	27	256:215	99
4.	x-Vegas	82	45	8	29	267:245	98
5.	Calgary	82	38	5	39	253:271	81
6.	Seattle	82	34	13	35	217:236	81
7.	Anaheim	82	27	5	50	204:295	59
8.	San Jose	82	19	9	54	181:331	47

Note: Teams marked with an “x” are certain to advance to the playoffs, “y” means a certain first place in the division, “z” means first place in the conference and “p” means winning the President’s Trophy.

Playoff pairings:

Eastern Conference: Florida – Tampa Bay, Boston – Toronto, NY Rangers – Washington, Carolina – NY Islanders.

Western Conference: Dallas – Vegas, Winnipeg – Colorado, Vancouver – Nashville, Edmonton – Los Angeles.