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Florida “Panthers” lost 0-2 (0-1, 0-1, 0-0) to Minnesota “Wild”, losing the first game of the season.
Balinskis played 12 minutes and 30 seconds in his first NHL game for the visiting team, scored twice, had two power plays, blocked one shot, earned four penalty minutes and had a negative -1 efficiency rating.
“Panthers” goalkeeper Russian Sergey Bobrovsky saved 19 shots, while “Wild” puck catcher Swedish Filip Gustavsson saved 41 shots and was recognized as the brightest star or best player of the match.
Sweden’s Juel Eriksson Eck, who also had an assist, and American defenseman Brock Feiber scored for the winners.
In another game, the Columbus “Blue Jackets” lost to the Philadelphia “Flyers” at home with a score of 2:4 (1:2, 0:0, 1:2).
Merzlikin saved 33 of 35 shots (94.3%). In the last two minutes of the game, “Flyers” put the puck into an empty net twice, when the Latvian puck catcher was replaced by a field player.
Finnish Patrik Laine and Canadian Jake Bean scored for the Blue Jackets.
On the other hand, the Canadian Travis Konechny stood out for the “Flyers” with two hits, while the Americans Cam Atkinson and Joel Feirabi scored once.
Canadian goalkeeper Carter Hart of the Philadelphia club saved 31 of 33 shots.
Merzlikin was recognized as the second brightest star of the match, while Hart received the honor of the best player. Konecny was named the third star.
Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabers lost to the New York Rangers at home with a score of 1:5 (0:2, 1:1, 0:2).
Girgenson played eight minutes and 48 seconds, scored three times, had one power play and finished the match with a negative -2 efficiency rating.
The only goal for the Sabers was scored by the German John Jason Peterka, while the Canadian goalkeeper Devon Levy saved 26 of 30 shots.
As part of the “Rangers”, American Chris Crider scored two goals and made an assist (2+1), while Russian Artemiy Panarin scored 1+1.
Russian goalkeeper Igor Shestyorkin saved 24 of 25 shots.
2023-10-13 03:25:28
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