It took the hosts just one minute and 20 seconds into the first period to take the lead through Kevin Fial. In the second period, Anze Kopitars doubled the “Kings” advantage, who stood out with an accurate shot in the majority.
The Panthers scored the first goal with a little more than eight minutes left in regulation time, as Sam Reinhart beat home goalkeeper Sam Reinhart, but the Florida team was unable to equalize the rest of the game.
In this match, Balinski was on the ice for 14 minutes and nine seconds, less than a minute of which he spent in the majority. He scored three shots on goal, two power plays and two blocked shots, finishing the game with a positive efficiency coefficient of +1.
The Panthers are in third place in the Eastern Conference with 21 points in 16 games and will play their next game on the road against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
The Vancouver “Canucks” represented by Teodora Blüger also experienced failure, losing to the Calgary “Flames” hockey players with a score of 2:5 (1:1, 0:2, 1:2).
In the middle of the first period, Elias Peterson was accurate in the majority and made it 1-0 for the Vancouver team, but at the end of the period Mackenzie Vigar tied the score.
In the second period, after less than 11 minutes played, Dillon Dube put the “Flames” in the lead, while Noah Hanifin doubled the home team’s lead with less than a minute left in the period.
In the final period, Jonathan Iberdo made it 4:1 for the home team. In the middle of the third period, the Canucks managed to score the second goal of the match, beating the Flames’ goalkeeper Nils Hoglander, but with less than two minutes left in the regulation time, Elias Lindholm restored the home team’s three-goal advantage by sending the puck into an empty Canucks goal.
In this match, Blüger spent a total of 15 minutes and 29 seconds on the ice, during which time he won 11 of 17 shots, intercepted two pucks and ended the game with a neutral efficiency ratio.
The Canucks are in second place in the Western Conference with 25 points in 17 games and will play their next match on Saturday when they host the Seattle Kraken.
