Gagarin Cup winner scores first goal of NHL season
Gritsyuk scored the only goal of “New Jersey” in the match against “Ottawa Senators” (1: 4)
Russian forward “New Jersey Devils” Arseniy Gritsyuk scored the first puck in the new season of the National hockey League (NHL).
New Jersey lost to the Ottawa Senators 1-4. Winners scored Shane Pinto (21st minute), Stefan Halliday (29), Tim Stützle (52) and Tyler Cleven (58).
The losers only goal in the 55th minute scored Gritsyuk. On account of the Russian this season two points (goal + assist) in five games.
25-year-old Gritsyuk, silver medalist of the Olympics-2022, is spending his second season in the NHL. In 2021, he won the Gagarin Cup with Omsk Avangard, and in 2022 he was recognized as the best young player of the KHL.
In the next match, the Devils will face the Detroit Red Wings on the night of October 14.
"New Jersey" with four points is in seventh place in the Capital Division of the NHL standings.
