Tommy Salo was recognized as the best player of the past week in the NHL

The "oil workers", whose gates are defended by the 31-year-old Swede, won three victories in three matches this week and extended their victorious series to five games. Moreover, as reported by the display "All Hockey" , Tommy Salo reflected 97.6 % of the throws on his goal. In the match against Vancouver, the Swedish goalkeeper coped with all the “shots” of the opponent and for the fifth time (and at twenty -ninth in his career) defended “zero”. Along the way, Salo set a record of Edmonton in the number of “dry” matches played by one goalkeeper. The Swede has 15 such games. The previous achievement belonged to Curtis Joseph and was 14 matches.

Other applicants for the title of the best player of the week were the Russian forward of Pittsburgh Alexei Kovalev, the striker of Washington Yaromir Yagr and the goalkeeper Toronto Kory SHVEB.