At the beginning of the third period, Balcers reached 1: 1, reaching the performance point for the fourth game in a row.
The Latvian hockey player spent 15 minutes and 11 seconds on the ice together, made two shots on the goal, used one method of force, once lost the puck, blocked two opponents’ shots and closed the match with a neutral efficiency.
In the fifth minute of the match, the home striker Vincent Tročeks revealed with an accurate shot, but the victory of “Hurricanes” was ensured by Andrejs Svečņikova’s goal in the 57th minute.
This season Balcers has accumulated 14 performance points (5 + 9) in 29 matches.
The Sharks are in tenth place in the Western Conference tournament table with 47 points in 45 matches.
In another game, Buffalo “Sabers”, with Zemgus Girgenson out of the game, gave up the Colorado “Avalanche” 1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1), which was 18th in a row on his field.
For the Avalanche, this was the tenth consecutive victory and the 15th success in January, a new NHL record and a record number of victories in any calendar month. The 18 consecutive wins on the field are the fifth longest success series of its kind in NHL history. The record for home games won by Detroit’s Red Wings in a row, which won 23 games in a row on its field in the 2011/2012 season.
It has already been reported that Girgenson did not go with the team in a three-game outing, because the previous injury was refreshed in a match against the Ottawa “Senators” and the “Sabers” coach decided to rest the Latvian hockey player.
Sabers, who scored 35 points in 44 games, is in 14th place in the Eastern Conference.
Meanwhile, the “Blue Jackets” of Columbus won on Sunday, which defeated the “Canadiens” of Montreal 6: 3 (4: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1) with the Latvian goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins in reserve.
Jonas Corpisalo kicked 32 of 35 home throws at the Blue Jackets goal.
The Columbus team scored 41 points in 42 games and ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference.
It has already been reported that the third loss in a row was suffered by the Penguins team from Pittsburgh on Sunday, who could not be helped by the Latvian striker Teodors Blugers due to injury.
The Penguins conceded the superiority of the Los Angeles Kings at 3: 4 (0: 0, 1: 3, 2: 1).
Bluger was injured in a match with Winnipeg’s Jets a week ago and had a broken jaw operation on Monday. The recovery period of the Latvian attacker is predicted to be six to eight weeks.
The Penguins are fifth in the Eastern Conference with 61 points in 45 games.
