The “Sabres” beat the Winnipeg “Jets” with a score of 3:2 (0:0, 2:0, 1:2), while the “Penguins” beat the “Penguins” with a score of 2:3 0:1, 1:0, 1:1, 0: 0, 1:2) recognized the superiority of the Washington “Capitals” in the postgame shots. The Latvians did not reach the results points.
Girgenson spent 12 minutes and 43 seconds in the match with the Jets, of which 1 minute and 36 seconds he played in the minority. He didn’t take shots in the goal frame, won one of four shots and finished the match with a neutral efficiency ratio.
Owen Power, Tage Thompson and Viktor Olofsson scored for the Sabres, while Rasmus Dahlin and Jeff Skinner each had two assists. Nate Schmitt and Pierre-Luc Dubois were exactly in the team of the home team.
Meanwhile, Blügers was on the field for 14 minutes and seven seconds in his team’s loss, of which two minutes and ten seconds were in the deficit. The Latvian forward made one shot on goal, blocked one opponent’s shot, won four out of eight shots and ended the match with a neutral efficiency ratio.
Denton Heinen and Brian Rast scored for “Penguins”, while Alexander Ovechkin and Markus Johansson were the “Capitals”. Niklas Backström scored the winning shot for the home team.
“Penguins” and “Sabres” continue to fight for a place in the Stanley Cup, and currently Pittsburgh’s team has fallen to eighth place in the Eastern Conference with 57 points in 48 games, while the Buffalo club has two points less and is in ninth position. It is the “Capitals” who have overtaken the Pittsburgh team and are currently seventh with 59 points, but have played three more matches. New York “Rangers” are sixth with 60 points in 48 matches.
