At home, the Blue Jackets beat Minnesota’s Wild 3: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0).
Merzlikin repelled 36 of the 38 shots during the game and kept his goal intact in all three post-game shots. The Latvian goalkeeper also earned two penalty minutes for struggling with guest striker Markus Foligno.
On the 14th minute, Yegor Chinahov put the home team in the lead, to which the guests responded with the “goals” of Kirila Kaprizova and Matsa Cukarello, who also scored in the match.
32 seconds before the end of the regular time, the result was equalized by Zeks Verenskis, when Merzlikins was replaced by the sixth player of the field – 2: 2.
The only successful post-throw was given to Chinahov.
Merzlikins has celebrated 20 victories in 38 games this season, averaging 3.42 puck in his goal and bouncing off 90.3% of the throw.
The Blue Jackets are ninth in the Eastern Conference with 61 points in 59 games, while the Wild is fourth in the West with 72 points in 57 fights.
Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh “Penguins” beat the Vegas “Golden Knights” at home – 5: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 3: 0).
Blugers was in the field for 15 minutes and 28 seconds, of which two minutes and eight seconds were spent in the minority. Blugers threw the opponent’s goal twice, took the opponent’s puck twice and won 54% of the throw-in.
The Latvian striker has scored eight goals and nine assists in 42 games this season, as well as +/-.
The Penguins are fifth in the Eastern Conference with 79 points in 59 matches, while the Golden Knights are seventh in the Western Conference with 68 points in 60 games.
Mike Methison, Jeff Carter, Mark Friedman, Brian Rast and Evan Rodriguez have scored for the Penguins, with Rast and Carter also playing successfully from time to time. The goal was scored by Jack Aikel and Alex Petrangelo, two assists for Jonathan Marche.
At home, Tristan Jerry deflected 40 of 42 shots.
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