In the National Hockey League (NHL) regular championship game on Thursday, the Sharks in San Jose, represented by Rudolf Balcer, defeated the Kings of Los Angeles 4: 3 away.
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Balcers played in the second round of the match with Thomas Hertl and Alexander Barabanov. The Latvian spent 12:31 minutes on the field, of which the minute was played in the minority and 13 seconds in the majority. He scored a positive efficiency of +1, but did not score in other statistics.
Sharks hockey players took the lead in the third minute after Brent Burns’ shot from the blue line, but Kings soon took the lead. Philip Dano tied the game at 6 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post.
In the 31st minute, Trevors Mūrs scored 3: 1 in favor of the Kings, but two minutes later Niks Bonino stopped the opponents’ break and regained one for the Sharks team. At the beginning of the third third, Aleksandrs Barabanov equalized the result of the game.
The fight reached an extension, in which Hertls took the initiative, got rid of the cover with beautiful twists, slipped the goal and fantastically snatched the victory of his team.
Columbus’ Blue Jackets capitulated the New York hockey players 0: 6.
The goal of the Blue Jackets was defended this time by Jonas Korpisalo, who blocked 27 of 33 opponents’ shots, but Elvis Merzlikins remained in the team’s reserve this time.
Anders Lee scored three goals, but once again were Bossy, Jean-Gabriel Pazo and Brock Nelson. Islanders goalkeeper Ilya Sorokin blocked all 25 shots.
In another match, Buffalo “Sabers” won the Las Vegas “Golden Knights” 3: 1.
Zemgus Girgenson has returned to Sabers training, but he will not participate in the next couple of games.
The Sabers were scored by Peiton Krebs, Victor Olofson and Alex Tuhs. Ben Hatton scored the only goal for the Las Vegas team.