The forward of HC "Utah" Booth called his debut puck in the NHL a pleasant moment.

Daniil Bout, a Russian striker for the Utah hockey team, scored his debut goal in the National Hockey League (NHL) championship and called it a pleasant moment. This was announced on December 20 by the club's press service.

At the same time, his team lost to New Jersey with a score of 1:2. Booth noted that, despite the positive emotions from the first goal, three points for the team would have been much more important to him. Connor Brown and Stefan Noesen scored goals for New Jersey.

"I'm not going to lie, it was very nice to score the first goal, but the most important thing is to win, and today we lost. We played well today, but maybe we need more chances at the gate," he is quoted as saying on the team's website.

The 20-year-old athlete signed a contract with Utah in May of this year, after winning the Gagarin Cup with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Utah is on the 9th line in the Western Conference with 37 points in 37 games, Sports Express adds.

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Earlier that day, HC Florida Panthers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in an NHL regular season match. The main time ended in a draw with a score of 3:3. Canadian forwards Brad Marchand (in the 50th minute), Sam Bennett (57th) and Sam Rinehart (59th) scored goals for the winners, while Jordan Staal (11th) and Sebastian Aho (41st and 47th) scored for Carolina.me).

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