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Victor Hedman has been at the center of every Stanley Cup playoff, lining up important efforts and crucial goals.
The night before Saturday, he played until Kevin Shattenkirk’s decisive goal in overtime against Dallas, which gave Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead in the final series and thus a game ball.
The rest after the game will be short, because already the night before Sunday, the fifth game will be played in the bubble secured by crown in Edmonton. Victory for Tampa Bay and it’s decided.
– Being able to play in the Stanley Cup is what you have always dreamed of and I look forward to it greatly. At the same time, we remain humble on the team. We didn’t get anything out of hand, we have to win another game and we know it will be tremendously difficult, Victor Hedman tells Aftonbladet.
Hedman celebrates victory over Dallas with Shattenkirk.
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Örnsköldsvik hill He has long been considered one of the NHL’s best defenders, but his team never made the playoffs during Hedman’s time at the club. But now it is close.
Hedman has had a fantastic playoff. He has scored ten goals and is close to the record for most goals by a winger in the playoffs, held by Paul Coffey. The Edmonton legend scored twelve goals in the 1985 playoffs.
He is also one One of the favorites to be named the MVP of the playoffs, in that case the first Swede since Henrik Zetterberg in Detroit in 2008.
“We are not here to set personal records,” Hedman told nhl.com earlier this week. We’re here for one thing and that’s to win the Stanley Cup, so when I get the puck at my club I go in or shoot, but of course I’m happy with how it went.
After Dallas’ victory in the first game, Tampa Bay won three games in a row, including in tonight’s game where the Florida team decided in overtime.
Dallas defender John Klingberg (far left) saves goals against Yanni Gourde of Tampa.
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Just play numerically Handicap has plagued Dallas during the final series. In Game 4, Tampa Bay scored three goals in four chances in the game.
– First of all, we accept too many expulsions, so your best players have to play too much. We have to stay on the ice and get the puck out of our own zone faster, says Swedish Dallas defender John Klingberg.
Now the team is on the bridge and needs to recharge to win the first of three games in a row to win the Stanley Cup.
– It’s another game, what happened today is history, says Klingberg consistently.
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