• Gate safety was entrusted tonight Elvis Merzlikkinwho handled 31 of 35 New York litters in 57 minutes, repelling 88.6%.
• The goals of “Blue Jackets” were marked with goals Emil Bemstroms a Justin Denforts.
• Columbus this time was deceived by poor accuracy. The team took 32 shots, of which there were exactly two. The three numerical majority were not realized either.
• The “Blue Jackets” game started very unsuccessfully. In the first period, the club made only five shots, while the home team scored 14 times, scoring twice. In the middle of the second period, however, Columbus’ result was balanced and rebalanced.
• At the beginning of the third period, the home team took over again, but by the middle of the period they had increased to two goals. The fifth puck “Islanders” hockey players sent in the empty “Blue Jackets” goal.
• The Blue Jackets, with 69 points in 68 games, slip to sixth place in the Metropolitan Division, while the Islanders rise to fifth. The New York club has the same number of points, but there are two games in reserve.
• The team represented by Merzlikin will play the next game on Sunday night, when he will visit Boston “Bruins”. The game starts at 2:00.
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• Rūdolfs Balceram lost to the NHL leader in the Colorado Avalanche to score points. The Latvian spent 11:21 minutes on the ice (1:14 minority). In the time allotted to him, Balcers made four shots on goal, one strength and earned +/- minus one.
• The Latvian has not scored four points in a row, scoring the last point in the March 20 game against Arizona’s “Coyotes”. He has scored 18 performance points (8 + 10) this season, which is the second best indicator among Latvian hockey players in the NHL.
• The Sharks have played twice in the match, but in the third period Miko Rantanen and Andre Burakovsky scored two goals in three minutes, giving the Avalanche a 4: 2 victory.
• Colorado is the only team in the NHL to score at least 100 points this season. With 102, it is by far the best in the Western Conference, and it has four points more than the Eastern Conference leader Florida Panthers.
• Balcer’s Sharks currently have 66 points in 67 games, giving him sixth place in the division and 12th place in the Western Conference. The next match will be played in San Jose on March 3 – the Dallas Stars will have to be played on their field.
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Latvians in the NHL
| Attacker | Club | S | V+P | Pti | Metieni | +/- | SM | In the majority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Bluger | Penguins | 49 | 9+12 | 21 | 77 (11.7%) | +6 | 6 | 0+0 |
| Rūdolfs Balcers | Sharks | 42 | 8+10 | 18 | 74 (11.0%) | -3 | 14 | 0+0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | Sabres | 42 | 10+6 | 16 | 71 (14.1%) | -4 | 25 | 3+1 |
| Guard | Club | S | V+P | Pti | Metieni | +/- | SM | In the majority |
| Christian Rubin | Maple Leafs | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 5 (0.0%) | -2 | 4 | 0+0 |
| Goalkeeper | Club | S | U-Z | % | Metieni | Ripas | Min | In the dry |
| Elvis Merzļikins | Blue Jackets | 45 | 22-16-5 | 90.2% | 1306/1447 | 3.40 | 2486 | 2 |
