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Tim Sttzle capped off a thrilling opener for the 2023 NHL Global SeriesSweden presented by Fastenal in overtimea contest which featured high scoring periods, a dramatic rally and a highlight reel game winner. Shea Theodore was one of four blueliners to impress during a nine game Thursday after his four point performance matched a Golden Knights record for points in a game by a defenseman, a feat he has accomplished once before. The 2023 NHL Global SeriesSweden presented by Fastenal continues Friday with a matchup between the Maple Leafs and Red Wings at 2 p.m. ET on NHL Network.GLOBAL SERIES ROLLERCOASTER ENDS WITH STTZLE OT MAGICThe Senators and Red Wings contested the first of four consecutive days of games in Stockholm, Sweden involving four different teams and opened the series with a whirlwind of a contest. Ottawa jumped out to a 4 0 lead early in the second period, Detroit scored four unanswered goals in the middle frame to tie the game before a scoreless third period and a frantic overtime set the stage for Tim Sttzle batting home a highlight reel goal with two seconds remaining to secure the victory for the Senators. The high scoring contest saw Senators captain Brady Tkachuk tally twice in the opening 9:57 to tie the NHL mark for most goals in a single period in a regular season game contested outside North America and the Red Wings become the first team to score four goals in a single period in a game contested overseas. Additionally, Ottawa and Detroit's nine combined goals matched the NHL mark for most in that scenariotied with Colorado's 6 3 win versus Columbus last season at the 2022 NHL Global Series in Tampere, Finland. The Senators relinquished a four goal lead and still hung on to win a regular season game for the second time in franchise historythey previously did so in a 5 4 shootout win versus the Flames on March 8, 2015.ICYMI: A pair of Swedish hockey legends played a part in Thursday's contest with Daniel Alfredsson helping out behind the Senators bench and nine time Norris Trophy winner and four time Stanley Cup champion, Nicklas Lidstrom Dave Hunter Jersey, dropping the ceremonial first puck. Earlier in the day, Lidstrom was awarded the inaugural Borje Salming Courage Award by the NHL Alumni Association.OFFENSE FROM THE DEFENSE HIGHLIGHTS THURSDAY SLATEDefensemen played an integral part in NHL action during a nine game Thursday, contributing offensively for the Golden Knights 13 3 1, 27 points , Lightning 7 6 4, 18 points , Devils 8 6 1, 17 points and Canucks 12 4 1, 25 points , respectively. Vegas battled back from multiple deficits to defeat Montreal on Thursday, with defenseman Shea Theodore 1 3 4 spearheading the rally by factoring on four of his team's six goals to help the Golden Knights extend their point streak against the Canadiens to nine games 6 0 3 their longest active run versus one franchise. In the process, Theodore matched the club benchmark for most points by a defenseman in a game Mattias Janmark Jersey, which he originally set on Dec. 19, 2017. Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman 1 1 2 scored his 147th career goal to tie Fredrik Olausson for fourth place on the League's all time list among Swedish born blueliners. Thursday marked Hedman's 155th career multi point game; he is one of four active defensemen with at least 150 also Erik Karlsson: 194 GP, Brent Burns: 183 GP Kris Letang: 159 GP. Luke Hughes 0 2 2 recorded two helpers during a three goal third period for the Devils and improved his 2023 24 totals to 1 9 10 15 GP. He joined Will Butcher 9 GP in 2017 18 , Barry Beck 12 GP in 1977 78 , Tapio Levo 13 GP in 1981 82 , Mark Suzor 13 GP in 1977 78 , Scott Niedermayer 14 GP in 1992 93 and Ty Smith 15 GP in 2020 21 as the seventh rookie defensemen in franchise history to hit the 10 point mark in a season in 15 games or fewer. Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller both collected assists while skating in 300 game milestonesHughes with his 300th NHL contest and Miller with No. 300 as a member of the Canucks. Vancouver's captain improved his career totals to 32 236 268, surpassing Cale Makar 69 198 267 in 253 GP for the most points by an active defenseman through their 300th game and for sole possession of the 10th most in NHL history by a blueliner through that contest.FIVE GOAL OUTINGS PROPEL FLAMES, SHARKS IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATESThe Thursday edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates featured the Flames stretch their home point streak against the Canucks to seven games 6 0 1 and improve to 4 1 1 in the past six contests, while the Sharks scored five times, including three in the opening 3:25 of the second period, en route to their highest scoring output of the season. William Eklund scored the first of the three quick goals to begin the second period and finished with his second game winning goal of the season. He became the first Sharks skater, age 21 or younger, with multiple game winning tallies in a single season since Timo Meier 4 in 2017 18. Logan Couture 8 in 2010 11 holds the most in that scenario.QUICK CLICKS Hockey Fights Cancer daily digest NHL Buzz: Florida's Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour could make season debut Friday Blackhawks respond to old Travis Kelce tweet Oilers' Adam Erne fined for elbowing Women in Hockey: Natalie Durand BushGLOBAL SERIES CONTINUES WITH MAPLE LEAFS AT RED WINGSAfter their thrilling four goal rally came up short in the opening game of the 2023 NHL Global SeriesSweden presented by Fastenal, the Red Wings will look to leave Stockholm with a win when they face William Nylander and the Maple Leafs on NHL Network. Nylander 10 12 22 in 15 GP has recorded a point in every game he has contested this season Maksim Berezkin Jersey, with his active 15 game run the longest season opening point streak in Maple Leafs history and the longest by any player to date in 2023 24. Earlier this week, Nylander told reporters he's collected 90 100 tickets to fulfill the requests of family and friends, and is most excited that his grandmother will finally be able to see him play an NHL game live. Another Maple Leafs player with a special connection to this trip is Max Domi, whose father, Tie, was a longtime teammate of Swedish superstar and all time Maple Leafs scoring leader Mats Sundin. Among the stories told to NHL.com, when Max started coming to his dad's games at a young age, he would hang out with Sundin in the dressing room and the two would have impromptu games using rolled up tape balls as pucks and a pair of gloves to mark the goal. They remain close to this day.
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