Balinskis & Vilmanis: Assists in Panthers Loss

The Florida “Panthers” team, represented by Latvians, lost to the St. Louis “Blues” with a score of 4:5 (2:3, 2:1, 0:1) at home, which ended a streak of five losses.

Balinski spent 20 minutes and 43 seconds on the field (5:45 in numerical majority), made three shots on goal, blocked one shot and made three power plays.

Vilmanis played eight minutes and 32 seconds and finished the game with a +1 positive efficiency rating.

Vilmanis had an assist on the first goal when the Panthers took a 1-0 lead early in the game.

Balinski had an assist midway through the first period as Florida was outnumbered.

Matthew Tkachuk scored two goals and had an assist (2+1) for the winners, Sam Reinhart scored two points (1+1).

“Panthers” used two out of seven numerical majorities, while “Blues” realized one out of five.

Jordas Kiru (1+2) stood out for the Blues with three points, but Jimmy Snagerund became the main hero, who scored the winning goal nine seconds before the end of the regular time of the match.

“Panthers” are ninth in the Eastern Conference with 59 points in 53 games, while “Blues” are 14th in the West with 49 points in 54 games.

29-year-old Balinskis participated in 44 matches this season, scored three goals, made eight assists and accumulated a negative efficiency coefficient of -8.

The 22-year-old Vilmanis played 10 matches in his NHL debut season, scored one goal, completed two assists and accumulated a positive efficiency coefficient of +1.