• Teodor Blüger in the loss against San Jose “Sharks” (3:4) there was no need to say. From the coach’s comments, it can be understood that the Latvian was deliberately left aside.
???? Cassidy on lineup changes: When you have extra healthy guys, which we haven’t had a lot of, it creates a little competition. pic.twitter.com/9ex9KNMDvh
— x – Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) March 30, 2023
• The Las Vegas Golden Knights had already secured a playoff spot before this game. It was provided by the Pittsburgh “Penguins”, who defeated the Western Conference team Nashville “Predators” (2:0).
GUYS
DID YOU HEAR
WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS!!! ????????????
— x – Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) March 31, 2023
— x – Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) March 31, 2023
• The San Jose Sharks revealed the score of the game. The Sharks’ Mario Ferraro scored with four minutes and 16 seconds left.
• Henry Tran, who played his first game in the NHL, earned an assist. It is interesting that in the history of “Sharks”, playing their debut game in the NHL, only two other hockey players have scored a point in the first five minutes.
• “Sharks” also scored the second goal, making it 2-0, however, “Golden Knights” managed to fight back one goal before going into the break.
• At the beginning of the second period, Ivan Barbashev scored a shorthanded goal after assists from Nicholas Roy and Jack Aikel, leveling the score (2:2), but Tomas Hertl put the Sharks in the lead again in the 12th minute of the period (3:2).
• Michael Amadio scored his 14th goal of the season midway through the third period. It was Las Vegas’ third goal of the game and the final goal in regulation. The game continued in overtime.
• In the 50th second of overtime, “Sharks” scored a goal and won. Goal scored by Logan Couture. Vegas suffered its second straight loss, but is still in first place in the conference with 99 points won.
Latvians in the NHL
| Attacker | Club | Games | V+P | Points | Throws | +/- | SM | In the majority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zemgus Girgensons | Sabres | 69 | 9+7 | 16 | 94 | -6 | 14 | 0+1 |
| Teodor Blüger | Golden Knights | 57 | 4+11 | 15 | 75 | -8 | 30 | 0+0 |
| Rudolph Balzer | Lightning | 17 | 3+2 | 5 | 24 | -1 | 4 | 0+0 |
| Goalkeeper | Club | S | U-Z | % | Throws | Pucks | Min. | Dry |
| Elvis Merzlikin | Blue Jackets | 29 (26) | 7-17-2 | 88.0% | 761/865 | 4.10 | 1524 | 0 |
| Arthur Shilov | Canucks | 5 (5) | 3-2-0 | 90.8% | 138/152 | 2.75 | 305 | 0 |
