Nikolaj Ehlers quickly shook off the suggestion that he is now the Wayne Gretzky of Denmark. With an insurance goal into an empty net in Winnipeg’s 7-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday afternoon, the Jets forward became the highest-scoring Danish NHLer in history with 474 points.
“No, no, no no, definitely not,” Ehlers protested. “I’m trying to be myself out there … There’s been a lot of really good Danish NHL players so far. I’ve played with most of them, so that’s pretty cool for me, too. They’ve been idols to me. To be up there now, it’s a pretty cool feeling.”
“Obviously I’m very proud of this,” Ehlers said. “There’s Danish guys that I’ve watched growing up and Frans was obviously one of them. He was an outstanding player in this league. Lucky enough I got to play with him at the world championships in his last year. It’s a very proud moment. Very happy.”“I knew I was one point off getting to the same as him,” he said. “And I forgot there after the empty-netter, I forgot for a second.
"That hit, I was on the ice, I felt that one too,” Ehlers said. “And you know, for him to step up and then fight, it gets the whole team going — the bench going — and then we got a power play that goes in and scores a goal. That's pretty exciting for us. And obviously, it changes the momentum.”"They got into it,” he said. “Obviously, our bench did as well. Stan's a big man. When he does that stuff, he's going to create more space for himself.
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