The most productive player
Jesper Bratt had a trio of three-point games, registering those against Columbus and Edmonton, and on Saturday, the New Jersey forward added three assists in a 7-3 loss to Pittsburgh.
Nine points clearly signifies the position of the highest scoring player of the week.
Goaltender of the Week
The Los Angeles Kings are slowly but surely heading to the playoffs, leaning on Darcy Kuemper, who has been nearly bulletproof in the last three games. First, he conceded just once against the New York Islanders before shutting out his former employer, Washington, as well as Nashville.
His record is one goal from 79 shots and a 98.7% save percentage. The win against the Predators was his 200th in the NHL. It is also worth mentioning the performance of Sergei Bobrovsky from Florida, who has already picked up 424 wins in the competition and ranks 10th in the NHL.
Highlight of the week
Just four seconds were enough for Seattle's Brandon Montour to make history. The Kraken, trailing 4-4, made a well-rehearsed signal during the opening faceoff of overtime. Chandler Stephenson won it and Montour reacted fastest, took the puck and finished the game in the face of goalie Jakub Dobes.
"It was all Chandler's idea," Montour admitted after the game. "I just told him that he had to stay back though, in case it went wrong and the game was going the other way," he admitted to NHL.com.
Montour tied the league record for the fastest goal scored since the start of the third period (or in this case, setup). He holds it along with Claude Provost, Denis Savard and James van Riemsdyk. Montour's shot capped off a game in which he also added two assists to his two goals. His 15th goal of the season also set a club record for a Kraken defenseman.
Stat of the week
The Vegas Golden Knights are in their eighth year in the NHL and are doing great. Still, the points record in a single season so far has been just 78, set by forward William Karlsson during the 2017/18 season. His tally was surpassed this week by Jack Eichel, who is currently at 80 points. With 16 games to go in the regular season, will the American reach 100?
From social media
It's a hell of an adrenaline rush. When Toronto's Simon Benoit fought with Utah's Michael Kesselring, it was his finger that took the brunt it. But in the penalty box, he straightened it out and his game didn't sto.
Photo of the week
Benoit did it again, as he decided to start the fight with a 'Superman punch', a comic book hero style punch and the photographer captured it beautifully.
Ladislav Smid's view
"Two Czech hockey players took two really hard hits over the weekend. Buffalo's Jiri Kulich took a beating, unfortunately, after he went into an unnecessary collision between two players.
"The moment a player makes a move like that in the middle of the ice with another player on his back, the opponent who wants to hit him can read it and then wait. It was unnecessarily dangerous, Kulich should have just switched the puck.
"Brett Howden came in there as the third man in the fight, but I don't think it was a dangerous hit. Unfortunately, Kulich was very low, he didn't go after his opponent's head. Hopefully, he'll be fine and shake it off soon. You never want to see a player laying on the ice like that.
"When I saw the hit on Vancouver's Filip Chytil and remembered his history of concussions, it made me sick to my stomach. When he was getting up off the ice, you could see he was pretty shaken up.
"It was a dangerous hit, a Chicago player(Jason Dickinson) was there to take a shot, and he still finished it from an angle where Chytil couldn't see it. That definitely should have resulted in a higher penalty and maybe even a suspension, not that the player didn't even get two minutes. It was completely unnecessary, players should respect each other more."
