“Panthers” defeated the Anaheim “Ducks” with a score of 5:3 (1:0, 1:2, 3:1) at the end of the series of four away games.
Sam Reinhart stood out for the guests with two goals scored in the third period, while Brandon Montour finished the match with one accurate shot and three assists. In the “Panthers” team, Carter Verhege scored for the third match in a row, and Sam Bennett scored one puck in the “Ducks” goal.
Ryan Strom, Edam Enrique and Ísak Lundström scored for the hosts.
“Panthers” goalkeeper Spencer Knight stopped 32 shots, and at the other end of the field John Gibson managed 43 shots.
The Florida team could not be helped by one of the leaders of the attack, Matthew Tkeczak, who in the previous fight with a high-raised stick played dangerously against the Los Angeles “Kings” goalkeeper Jonathan Quick, for which he received a two-match suspension.
Balcers spent nine minutes and ten seconds on the ice on Sunday, scored twice and accumulated a positive efficiency coefficient of +1. This season, in 13 games, the Latvian scored two goals, provided two assists and had a negative efficiency of -2.
“Panthers” are seventh in the Eastern Conference with 15 points in 13 matches. “Ducks” have accumulated nine points in 13 games and are in 14th position in the Western Conference.
Balcers will return home with his teammates, where they will face the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday.
