Latvian hockey player Zemgus Girgensons and his Buffalo Sabers lost their chance to enter the National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup on Tuesday, in which the club has not played for 12 consecutive seasons.
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The Sabers lost to the New York Rangers 2-6 on the road in the regular season game on Tuesday, thereby losing their theoretical chance to continue the season in the playoffs. Therefore, Girgenson will not be able to enjoy the playoffs in his ninth NHL season either.
In this match, Girgenson spent 12:55 minutes on the field, of which he played 2:22 minutes in the minority. The Latvian made four shots on goal and used one power play, and also won all the shots in which he participated. His replacement partners in this match were Peyton Krebs and Kyle Okposo as well.
“Devils” hockey players took the lead in the 12th minute of the game after Jesper Boqvist’s accurate shot, but in the 21st minute Jonas Siegenthaler doubled the team’s advantage. Sabers forward Jeff Skinner scored one goal six minutes later, but the Devils responded with two goals. Three minutes after Skinner’s shot, Myles Wood was accurate, and in the 48th minute – Tomasz Tatars. Mathias Samuelsson scored the second goal for Buffalo, but Tatar and Jack Hughes tied the game late in the match.
After the accurate shot against the Sabres, Hughes has scored 42 goals and 55 assists for the Devils this season, and with 97 points, he became the club’s record holder, breaking Patrick Elias’ record in 2000/2001. in the season when he scored 96 points.
In North American club sports, the “Sabres” repeated the anti-record of the American football team New York “Jets”, not entering the playoffs for 12 consecutive seasons.
Previously, Girgensons had expressed his readiness to represent the Latvian hockey team at the upcoming world hockey championship in Riga. After the “Sabres” lost their chance to play in the Stanley Cup, he is free to go to Latvia.
In another game, the Columbus “Blue Jackets” lost to the Philadelphia “Flyers” in the shootout with the score 3-4, but goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikin did not play. He has not been on the field since March 25.
