Merzlikin Stars: Blue Jackets Win | VIDEO

“Blue Jackets” won with the result 4:1 (1:0, 2:1, 1:0), and Merzlikin was recognized as the first star of the game.

The Latvian goalkeeper saved 30 of 31 shots, or 96.8% of shots.

This season, as a whole, Merzlikin, who lost the position of the first goalkeeper of the “Blue Jackets”, played in 16 games, won seven games, saved 88.2% of shots and averaged 3.48 goals per match.

Blügers, on the other hand, has played only two games this season due to injuries, the last time he went to the field in mid-October.

Charlie Coyle, Kirill Marchenko, Zach Werenski and Kent Johnson scored for the Blue Jackets on Thursday, while Brock Besser put the puck into Merzlikin’s goal.

This was the third win in a row for the Columbus team, and the team ranks 15th in the Eastern Conference with 49 points in 47 games, but the “Canucks” suffered their ninth loss in a row, and with 37 points in 47 games, they are last, in 16th place, in the Western Conference and in the entire league.

The “Blue Jackets” will play their next match on Sunday night Latvian time, when they will compete against the Pittsburgh “Penguins” represented by goalkeeper Artūrs Šilov, while the “Canucks” will host the Edmonton “Oilers” hockey players at home early on Sunday morning.