Montreal pressed hard to reduce in the second period, but the 25-year-old from Gothenburg stopped several dangerous scoring opportunities. He saved all 19 shots in the middle act, after having let one in at the end of the first period.
I like it, says Söderblom to reporters after the match and continues:
You get to feel a lot on the puck, I have no problem with that. It's a good feeling.
In the third period, Montreal managed to reduce when Swedish Emil Heineman scored 3–2. The meeting ended 4–2 to Chicago, whose Nick Foligno became a two-goal scorer.
The long-awaited win means that Chicago, temporarily coached by Swedish Anders Sörensen, breaks a losing streak of five matches.
In the second period, he obviously put on a show. There were many difficult saves as well, says Sörensen afterwards, about Söderblom's performance.
He really kept us in the game. Very good for him, and very good for the group too, continues the Swedish coach.
Florida's Gustav Forsling and Pittsburgh's Rickard Rakell each scored a goal in an even match that was decided on penalties. Florida's star center Sam Reinhart scored the decisive penalty in the meeting that ended 3–2.
