Merzlikin’s Blue Jackets away Columbus won the Seattle’s “Kraken” with a score of 5: 4 (0: 0, 4: 1, 0: 3, 1: 0).
Jake Bine scored the winning goal in the extra time after 55 seconds, but Max Domi stood out in the regular time with two goals and a pass.
Merzlikin repelled 28 shots, four more than Philip Grubauer at the end of the second field. In the third period, the Latvian goalkeeper capitulated three times, two of them 22 seconds apart.
Merzlikins has participated in 16 matches this season, in which he has won ten victories, conceded 2.8 puck on average and repelled 91.7% of the throws. Once he stood “dry”.
Meanwhile, Bluger’s Penguins beat Anaheim’s Ducks 1-0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) at home.
The Pittsburgh team’s victory was brought by Brock McGain’s first shot in the sixth minute, while Bluger was also in the field. Goalkeeper Casey Ten neutralized 33 shots and celebrated his first “dry” victory of the season and seventh in his career.
Sydney Crosby, on the other hand, broke a series in which he scored seven games in a row.
Bluger spent 15 minutes and 49 seconds on ice on Saturday, two minutes and 29 seconds in the minority. The Latvian striker scored twice, blocked one throw, won four of ten throws and scored a positive efficiency of +1.
He has scored six goals in 27 matches this season, made four assists and earned a positive +4.
The victory was also celebrated by NHL debutant Rubin’s Maple Leafs, who won the Chicago Blackhawks 5: 4 (3: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2) at home.
David Kempf, who played in the previous season in Chicago, scored the victory for the Toronto team one minute and 20 seconds before the end of regular time. William Nielander scored in the Maple Leafs and was assisted in two more.
In his third NHL game on the ice, Ruby spent nine minutes and 27 seconds using one force, blocking one throw, losing one puck, two minutes of penalty and a negative efficiency of -1. The Latvian defender is currently without performance points, accumulating a negative efficiency of -2.
Girgenson’s Buffalo Sabers acknowledged Washington’s Capitals superiority in his 2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) post-shoot series.
Sabers goalkeeper Uko Pek Lukanen repelled 40 shots, but gave in to the bulls after Timothy Leif Oshi and Yevgeny Kuznetsov.
Girgenson played for 12 minutes and three seconds, two minutes and six seconds in the minority. He won four of the seven throws, was at two minutes and had a negative -1.
The Latvian striker has scored five goals in 27 games this season, given five assists and accumulated a negative efficiency of -8.
Due to an injury, Balcers has not yet returned to the field, representing Sharks in San Jose with a 2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) lead over Dallas Stars. Tomas Hertls scored the fourth game in a row for the “sharks”.
The highest among Latvian teams in the tournament table is “Maple Leafs”, which is in the third Eastern Conference with 40 points in 29 games. In the same conference, the Penguins are seventh with 33 points in 27 dues, the Blue Jackets are ninth with 29 points in 26 battles, and the Sabers are in 13th place with 20 points in 27 matches. Sharks ranks ninth in the Western Conference with 31 points in 28 games.
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