MOSCOW, Oct 25 Vegas Golden Knights forward Phil Kessel repeats record retired defenseman Keith Yandle in consecutive National Hockey League (NHL) regular season games played. /1d37d4f89d3d30eb20ec4ff4897f8736.png» />VegasUSA3 : 1
TorontoCanadaOn Monday «Vegas» beat «Tom3» on home ice: 1:0, 0:1, 2:0), Kessel scored an assist. For the 35-year-old American, the meeting was the 989th in his career. He repeated the achievement of Yandl, who retired in September. Kessel first appeared on the ice in a league regular season game on November 3, 2009 with Toronto. The Yandle Series ran from March 26, 2009 to March 29, 2022. The honorary title of «Iron Man» in the NHL has 25 hockey players who have played in the league for more than 500 games in a row in the regular season. «Toronto» suffered its first defeat in the NHL with goaltender Ilya Samsonov in the squad. The Russian has saved 30 out of 33 shots. Prior to this, the Maple Leafs had not lost with Samsonov in goal in four games in a row.
