Tarasenko was recognized as the first star of the NHL match “Ottawa” – “Detroit”

Russian forward of the Canadian hockey club “Ottawa Senators” Vladimir Tarasenko was named the first star of the match against the American team “Detroit Red Wings” as part of the NHL regular season. Sport Express writes about this.

Tarasenko scored the puck in the 24th minute and also provided an assist.

“The 31-year-old Russian scored 2 (1+1) points. The second star was forward Claude Giroux, who had 2 (1+1) points. The third star is goalkeeper Joonas Korpisalo, who stopped 30 out of 31 shots.“, says the newspaper.

The match ended with a score of 5:1 in favor of Ottawa.

It is noted that this NHL season Tarasenko played 22 matches, scoring 19 (6+13) points.

A day earlier, Washington’s Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin reached 1,500 points earned in the NHL. It was also announced that an ice skating rink named after Ovechkin would be built in the United States.