There was nothing to celebrate for Marco Rossi in the first game of the National Hockey League (NHL) doubleheader against the Winnipeg Jets. Austria’s ice hockey export and its Minnesota Wild lost 2:4 (0:2 1:1 1:1) in Winnipeg on Saturday.
It was the first defeat after four wins in a row. Just 24 hours later, the eleventh place in the Western Conference has the chance for revenge against number four in the West in the “return game” – this time in Minnesota.
Rossi missed an equalizer to make it 1-1
Rossi was on the ice the longest of all attackers at 19:14 minutes. Mostly flanked by Ryan Hartman and Marcus Johansson, Vorarlberg fired four shots and missed a great chance to make it 1-1 in the first third. Hartman (31st/PP) and Matt Boldy (41st) scored for Minnesota.
Top star Kirill Kaprizow left injured after an unpunished crosscheck, and goalie Filip Gustavsson also had to be replaced by Marc-Andre Fleury in the second half. The veteran goalie is likely to play his 1,000th NHL game on Sunday.
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