The Tampa Bay Lightning, without Latvian forward Rudolf Balcers, suffered a loss in the National Hockey League (NHL) match in Winnipeg on Friday.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Winnipeg Jets on the road, winning 4-2 (1-1, 1-1, 2-0), celebrating their fourth win in a row.
It has already been reported that Balcer has not played since November 25, when he sustained the injury in a match against the St. Louis “Blues” after sustaining an upper body injury. He already participates in training, but does not participate in contact fights.
The guests scored the first goal in the 12th minute of the game, Anthony Sirelli excelling.
39 seconds before the end of the third period, Pierre-Luc Dubois equalized the score, but in the 95th second of the second period, Nikita Kucherov put the Lightning in the lead again – 2:1.
In the remaining time, the home team scored goals, in the 28th minute Dubois scored a goal in the majority, in the 46th minute Kyle Connor excelled in the majority, and a minute and 26 seconds before the end of the match, Morgen Beron put the puck into an empty net.
Sirelli took part in scoring both goals (1+1) in this match, but defender Josh Morrissey collected three assists for the hosts. Beron (1+1) and Mark Skaifel (0+2) scored two points each, while Conor Hellebic saved 26 Tampa Bay hockey players’ shots.
“Lightning” with 49 points in 38 matches ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference, while “Jets” with 51 points in 39 games is third in the West.
“Lightning” will play their next game on Tuesday when they host the Columbus “Blue Jackets” represented by Latvian goalkeeper Elvja Merzlikina.
