• Rudolph Balcer played his first game since January 17th. He only officially left the Covid-19 protocol yesterday and had returned to the team’s second shift today.
• Balcers played 11:35 minutes, missed several substitutions in the third period and temporarily left the team’s reserve bench, but then returned to the team and on the pitch. According to the media, the coach of “Sharks” indicated that everything was fine with Balcer.
• The Latvian striker scored the 13th point this season (4 + 9 in 28 games). In addition, Balcer had scored in the previous two games before entering the Covid-19 protocol, and has now scored three series of games.
• Balcers finished the game with a positive efficiency plus one. He took three shots at the goal and used force four times, as well as blocking two shots from his opponents.
• Balcers scored the first goal of the team when he played against Czech striker Tomass Hertl in the opponent’s area, and Hertl slipped in front of the goal and scored his 22nd goal this season.
• Sharks then also scored 2: 0 and 3: 1, with the result waiting for the start of the third period. However, Florida reached a draw of 4: 4 with Alexander Barkov, Mason’s Marcment and Jonathan Iberdo in the 50th minute, leading to extra time. Sam Benett took the victory over Florida.
• Iberdo scored three points for Florida, with former Sabers striker Sam Reinhartt scoring eight shots on goal. Sharks had three assists for Nikam Bonino, while Sweden’s Jonathan Dalen scored two goals.
• The Panthers are currently the league leader with 67 points and have won four games in a row, while the Sharks have lost three of their four games and ranked eighth in the Western Conference with 47 points in 44 games.
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