Hertl assisted twice, Zacha made his mark after Krejčí's action with Pastrňák

NHL game Chicago – Boston. Pictured from left, Czech forward David Krejci, Czech forward David Pastrňák and Ian Mitchell in Chicago on March 14, 2023.

New York – Hockey forward Tomáš Hertl didn't prevent San Jose from losing 5 with two assists :6 in overtime with Columbus. Even Boston's Pavel Zacha's goal was not enough for the victory, which came after assists from David Krejčí and Pastrňák. The Bruins fell 3-6 in Chicago and did not score for the second time in a row.

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Hertl had a hand in San Jose's first two goals. At the beginning of the ninth minute, he joined the action before the opening goal of the duel, which was scored by Alexandr Barabanov from the stop. The Prague native scored the second point in the middle of the game, when he set up William Eklund's first goal in the NHL. Hertl reached the threshold of 55 points this year and is the third most productive Czech in the league.

Columbus' victory was led by Johnny Gaudreau, who scored the Blue Jackets' winning goal in the 65th minute. The American forward scored a total of five points for two goals and three assists in the match and improved his season tally to 62 points. Despite the win, the Blue Jackets remain the worst team in the Eastern Conference and the entire league. On San Jose, which fell to the tail in the West, but loses only two points.

Chicago moved from the last place of the Western Conference after a surprising win over Boston. Thanks to a well-managed third period in which they scored four goals, the Blackhawks defeated the leader of the entire NHL 6:3 and jumped a point ahead of the Sharks.

When at the beginning of the third part, Zacha ended the Czech collaboration with Krejčí and Pastrňák with his 17th goal of the season and put Boston in the lead 3:2, it seemed that this year's sovereign would go for another win . But the Blackhawks were against it and turned it 6-3 with four goals. Chicago won only the second game out of the last nine, Boston did not score in the third of four duels.

Petr Mrázek has had a bad match. The Czech goalkeeper covered all 16 Boston shots in 29 minutes on the ice, but just before the half of regular time, he had to leave his place in the goal area to substitute Alex Stalock due to a groin injury.

Martin Nečas, the second most productive Czech in the league, assisted on one of Carolina's goals and helped his team to a 5-3 win over Winnipeg. Hockey players Hurricanes took after two losses and became independent in the second place of the Eastern Conference. They are nine points behind leaders Boston.

The match did not go well for Czech goalkeeper David Rittich, who conceded four goals from 24 shots in the Jets goal and caught with a success rate of 83.3 percent. Vítek Vaněček did not succeed either. He received four goals from 30 attempts and did not prevent New Jersey's 1:4 home loss to Tampa Bay.

NHL:

New Jersey – Tampa Bay 1:4, NY Rangers – Washington 5:3, Philadelphia – Vegas 3:5, Pittsburgh – Montreal 4:6, Carolina – Winnipeg 5:3, San Jose – Columbus 5:6 in overtime, Chicago – Boston 6:3, Edmonton – Ottawa 6:3, Vancouver – Dallas 5:2, Arizona – Calgary 4:3 in overtime, Los Angeles – NY Islanders 5:2 , Nashville – Detroit 2:1.

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