In a målrig NHL fight was scored six times against Frederik Andersen, who still ended up winning.
Frederik Andersen had a busy night before christmas eve in the NHL, when he, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs were to win 8-6 over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Ishockeykampen was a purely målshow, swaying back and forth with the changing of the cylinders.
Frederik Andersen dished up with several good saves during the match, although he also collected six goals.
the Toronto Maple Leafs started the match best and getting ahead 3-0 just over five minutes into the first period.
It got the Carolina Hurricanes to fleece the canadian keeper James Reimer out. In the place came Czech keeper Petr Mrazek.
And it helped to begin with.
the Away team scored as five unanswered goals in the rest of the first and throughout the second period and turned thereby 0-3 to a 5-3-keeping.
At the beginning of the third period reduced the målfarlige Auston Matthews to 4-5 for the home team, but a few minutes later had the puck again behind Frederik Andersen.
in Front 6-4 with nine minutes remaining it was, however, quite in the resolution for the Carolina Hurricanes, who cashed three goals in under a minute.
And so it was the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were ahead by 7-6. Mitchell Marner scored twice and made an assist on the golden 59 seconds.
At the end scored the home team in the empty cage to the end result 8-6, as the Carolina Hurricanes wagered in order to force equalization.
Frederik Andersen stood despite the digits in the periods a good match for the home team. Among other things, he delivered a nice dobbeltredning
the Dane was noted for 34 saves in an entertaining match in which both teams allowed many chances and skudforsøg.
It was Toronto Maple Leafs’ fifth victory in a row in the NHL, and the team still has a good chance to take a place in the playoffs.
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