VIDEO ⟩ Blüger ends his 15-match “dry” streak, Merzlikina remains on the bench

“Penguins” beat Anaheim “Ducks” 6:3 (3:1, 1:0, 2:2) on the road. Blügers stood out with a result point, which had not been achieved in 15 matches in a row.

In the tenth minute, the Latvian striker successfully passed to Pierre-Olivier Jozefs to score the first goal of the match.

Blügers spent ten minutes and 12 seconds on the field, of which 49 seconds he played in the minority. The Latvian forward shot three times at the opponent’s goal, blocked one shot and won half of the shots, ending the match with a +/- indicator of +1.

Defender Pierre-Olivier Joseph scored three (2+1) points for “Penguins”, Brian Rast, Kasperi Kapanen (both – 1+1) and Yevgeny Malkin (0+2) scored two each, but Jeff also scored a goal. Carter and Jake Ginzel..

Mason McTevish (1+1), Edam Henri and Jakob Silfverberj scored two points each for the hosts, while Trevor Seegrass and Jon Klingberj also scored.

“Penguins” hockey players shot 59 times on the goal guarded by John Gibson, while Casey Desmith managed 28 of 31 shots at the other end of the field.

In another game, Columbus Blue Jackets lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 0:3 (0:1, 0:0, 0:2) at home.

Elvis Merzlikin was a substitute for the home team, but Jonas Korpisalo saved 38 of 41 shots in goal.

Ilya Samsonovs played a “dry” game for the winners with 30 saved shots.

Two goals were scored by John Tavares, one by Pierre Engvall.

The Pittsburgh club has won 61 points in 51 games and ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference, while the Blue Jackets are in last place in the league with 34 points in 52 matches.

The next match “Penguins” will play on the road against Los Angeles “Kings” on Saturday, while “Blue Jackets” will meet Toronto “Maple Leafs” on Saturday.