Captain Roman Josi leads the Nashville Predators to the playoffs. In the 4-5 defeat after overtime against the Calgary Flames, the team gets the one point they need.
The Bernese once again played well and increased his scorer account to 93 points (22 goals, 71 assists). Josi first scored in front of his home crowd with a slapshot to equalize 1:1 and a little later he had the stick in the 2:1 lead.
The point win against the leader of the Pacific Division was enough to put the playoff qualification in the towel two rounds before the end of the regular season. Because in the direct duel for a place in the knockout rounds, the Dallas Stars tied the Vegas Golden Knights back decisively with a 3-2 victory after a penalty shootout.
Keystone
Like Nashville, the Dallas Stars now have 95 points and a four-point lead with two games left. Nevertheless, in contrast to Josis Predators, the stars can theoretically still be ousted.
With Nino Niederreiter (Carolina Hurricanes), Kevin Fiala (Minnesota Wild) and Josi, three Swiss will tackle the playoffs. Niederreiter and the Hurricanes secured first place in the Metropolitan Division on Tuesday night with a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, with the Grisons credited with an assist.
Fiala’s scorer streak ends
Kevin Fiala had scored at least one scorer point in each of the past ten games. The series has now ended. The St. Gallen forward from Minnesota remained without a point in the 3-5 loss to Janis Moser’s Arizona Coyotes.
Timo Meier also went away empty-handed in the San Jose Sharks’ 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. Thus, the top 3 positions in the scorer ranking of the Swiss mercenaries should be cemented with Josi (93), Fiala (84) and Meier (76).
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