Edmonton, Alberta – While the EDMONTON Oilers celebrated their prolongation victory in match 1 of the Stanley Cup final, Tomas Nosek made the long saving of the penalty box in his locker room knowing that their power game was his fault.
“Yeah, it was certainly difficult. You don’t want to be the only guy who costs us the match,” said Nosek on Friday, speaking for the first time after his late -print penalty delay led to the winning goal of Leon Draisaitl.
“Obviously, everyone can make a mistake. It occurred at a bad time, in overtime, and cost us a match. But it is in the past and I can’t wait to continue doing my job and focusing on this evening match,” said Nosek, who central the fourth line of the panthers in match 2 Friday evening.
Nosek sailed the glass washer at 6:17 pm overtime to get a delay in the game penalty. Draisaitl finished the match at 19:29. By aggravating a difficult moment, the cameras attracted the defender of Edmonton Jake Walman mocking Nosek on the way to the penalty box.
“No comments on this subject,” said Nosek.
Nosek, 32, is a 10 -year -old NHL veteran who signed with Florida last summer as a free agent, the fifth team for which he played in the League. He scored 1 goal and 8 assists in 59 regular season games and 3 assists in 11 games in the playoffs. After match 1, coach Paul Maurice said he was expecting the team to join Nosek.
“We are not here without Tomas Nosek. It’s a difficult break,” said Maurice. “So we are going to make sure he doesn’t eat alone tonight. He has a lot of people sitting at his table and reminding him how good he was for us.”
Panthers striker Jonah Gadjovich, the teammate of Nosek, one of the players who supported him.
“It happens. Hard bounds. But there are so many good things for us. No one is angry with him, nobody is nothing. It’s just things like that is going on in a game and we obviously gathered yesterday and we are ready to play tonight. It’s a new day, a new game,” he said.
Nosek appreciated this encouragement of his teammates.
“They were very useful for sure. Most guys came to see me and said,” Don’t worry “,” he said.
Match 2 of the Stanley Cup final is Friday evening at 8 p.m. he.
