The Penguins at home with a score of 2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2) acknowledged the superiority of the New Jersey Devils.
Pittsburgh team star Sydney Crosby continued his rehabilitation after wrist surgery at the start of the season and missed the first seven regular championship games, but went on the pitch for the first time on Saturday. Jeff Carter returned to the pitch from a three-game break, having previously been barred from playing Covid-19.
The home team took the lead in the 13th minute, when Dentons Heinens reached 1: 0, but in the last minute of the first period, Andrejs Jonsons equalized the result. Jimmy Wesy’s goal allowed the visitors to win the second third, but in the third minute of the third period, Blugers dropped a pass from the edge of the field, from which Brock McGain was unmistakable.
Three minutes before the end of regular time, Crosby hindered Jesper Brat in the counterattack and a penalty shot was awarded to the “Penguins” goal, which the Swede himself realized – 3: 2. Less than a minute and a half later, when goalkeeper Tristan Jerry went to the bench, the Penguins did not hold the puck and Jonson scored another goal for the Devils, celebrating the victory for the guests.
Bluger played 16 minutes and 54 seconds on Saturday, of which two minutes and 23 seconds in the minority and 20 seconds in the majority. He used two strength techniques in this match, won eight of the 13 throws and scored a positive efficiency of +1.
The Latvian hockey player has scored one goal in eight games this season, given two assists and accumulated a neutral efficiency.
“Penguins” with eight points in eight duels is in the 14th place in the Eastern Conference.
Meanwhile, striker Rudolf Balcers played his 100th game in the NHL, defeating the Winnipeg Jets in his 2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) overtime at Sharks in San Jose, stopping three losses. series.
Due to the Covid-19 protocol, the Sharks played a match without seven hockey players and head coach Bob Bogner. Five players of the American Hockey League (AHL) farm club “Barracuda” in San Jose went to the rescue.
In the first minute of the second period, the “sharks” were led by Thomas Hertz, but less than three and a half minutes before the end of the regular time, Bald Conor reached 1: 1. Timo Maiers was the scorer.
Balcers spent 16 minutes and 43 seconds on the ice on Saturday, during which he threw once into the goal, used one force technique, blocked one throw, lost one puck, intercepted one pass and finished the fight with a neutral efficiency.
Balcers scored in the first match of the season, but was left without performance points in the other seven fights. He also has a negative efficiency of -2.
Ten points in eight games gives the Sharks team fourth place in the Western Conference.
This season, NHL teams will play 82 games in the regular season.
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