Demidov's goal helped Montreal beat Ottawa in the NHL match

Russian forward of the Montreal Canadiens NHL club Ivan Demidov has become the most productive rookie of the team over the past 36 years, scoring 10 points in 12 regular season matches. So, on the night of November 2, Montreal defeated Ottawa 4-3 in overtime at home.

Demidov scored one of the goals, scoring in the 58th minute of the match. Cole Caufield (8th minute), Juraj Slafkowski (10th) and Alex Newhook (62nd) also scored for the winners.

In 12 games of his first NHL season, Demidov scored three goals and provided seven assists. Previously, only Stephane LeBeau had achieved a similar result among Montreal's rookies in the 1989/90 season, scoring 10 points in 11 games.

With the win, Montreal extended its streak of successful matches to three and topped the Atlantic Division table with 18 points. In the next game, the team will host Philadelphia, and Ottawa will visit Boston.

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On October 29, it was reported that Pavel Dorofeev, a Russian striker for the Vegas Golden Knights hockey club, scored the ninth goal and led the NHL sniper race. It was clarified that this happened during the HC Vegas game against HC Carolina Hurricanes. The match ended with a score of 6:3.

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