Zuccarello ravages NHL – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Mats Zuccarello (28) scored early hours of Friday its 20th goal this season. It’s personal record for the Norwegian man who really is in great shape at the moment.

With two assists played “Zuke” an important role in consolidating night Rangers win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

First time in ten years

It is also the third time this season Zuccarello obtain three points against Toronto this season. It is the first time since 2005/06-season a Rangers player has collected three målpoeng in three matches against the same team in one season, reports the New York Rangers on Twitter.

Zuccarello scored namely hat trick at home against Toronto on October 30. In the rematch on November 15 scored Swede one goal and made two assists. Thursday night he repeated now:

North man believed he had missed a virtually open goal when he still put Rangers in the lead 2-1 nine minutes into the middle period.

Zuccarello had picked up a rebound Derek Stepan and sent it into the leg skin to the Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier. Both players and Zuccarello even thought Bernie had prevented record goal, but the judges analyzed videotapes of the target and concluded that the puck was in goal before it popped out again.

Was not match winner

Zuccarello 20th goal for the season is a personal best, and an improvement of the former Norwegian NHL record that Swede overok from Espen “Shampoo” Knutsen with 12 goals in 2013/14 -season. A season Zuccarello otherwise ended up with 19 goals and 40 assists.

The scoring was not enough to ensure that Zuccarello could celebrate victory as the match winner. With two and a half minutes left on the clock last time offset Cloin Greening Toronto, but Rangers responded immediately.

Derek Stepan sent rangers the lead 3-2, while Derick Brassard was tomålsscorer when he scored the 4-2 with 20 seconds left in the game. Zuccarello was second to last in both of the two goals scored.

The victory was the Rangers seventh in the last ten matches NHL, and Zuccarello earns million salary no one with five points in the last three matches.

There are still almost a dead heat between Zuccarello and Brassard about the internal points title in the team. North man standing with 46 points (20 goals and 26 assists), while his Canadian series pal has 45 (22-23), writes NTB.