The “Sabres” beat the Florida “Panthers” with a score of 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1).
In this duel, Girgenson was on the ice for 14 minutes and 42 seconds, of which two minutes and 23 seconds he played in the minority. The Latvian striker had one shot at the opponent’s goal, used five power plays, won four out of eight shots and finished the match with a negative efficiency coefficient of -1.
Goals from Jeff Skinner and Alex Tuck made it 2-0 in the second period for Buffalo. In the middle of the decisive third, the hosts got one goal back with Carter Verhaighee on target, but Skinner restored the two-goal lead for the Sabers about two minutes later. Tage Thompson had an assist on all three Sabres’ goals.
Buffalo’s goal was guarded by Craig Anderson, who faced 53 opponent shots, while at the other end of the field, Sergej Bobrovsky saved 32 pucks.
With 64 points in 57 games, the “Sabres” are in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, and the success they won allowed them to move up to fourth place in the Atlantic Division, which allows them to maintain hopes of entering the playoffs. The Panthers are sixth in the Atlantic Division with the same number of points in 61 games and are also in contention for a spot in the Stanley Cup.
On the other hand, Carolina “Hurricanes” won a “dry” victory, while in another match last season’s champion Colorado “Avalanche” had a convincing success.
The Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 (2-0, 0-0, 2-0) at home, winning their fifth win in a row.
Brent Burns, Seth Jarvis, Martin Nechas and Brady Shay scored for the home team, while Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists.
Anti Ranta had a “dry” match in the Carolina team’s goal, who managed all 32 pucks that were sent to the goal he was guarding. At the other end, Cam Talbot made 26 saves.
On the other hand, “Avalanche” defeated Winnipeg “Jets” 5-1 (4-1, 1-0, 0-0) on the road, giving their opponents the fourth defeat in the last five games.
Nathan McKinnon gave Colorado the lead 19 seconds into the game. The home team responded with a goal less than three minutes later when Mason Appleton was on target to tie the game.
In the continuation of the first period, the Avalanche scored three goals at the five-minute mark, Miko Rantanen, Joseph Taylor Komfer and Boen Byram were accurate, and in the second period, Matt Nieto sent another puck into the Jets’ goal.
