Elvis Merzļikins | Foto: NHL
Last night in the National Hockey League (NHL), Latvian goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins showed a good performance, but his Columbus Blue Jackets lost to Boston’s Bruins 2: 5 and suffered their sixth loss in a row.
Merzlikin had a lot of work to do, as 40 shots were taken through his goal, of which 37 Elvis repelled (92.5%). Boston’s two-puck goal was scored when Blue Jackets replaced the goalkeeper with a sixth-player at the end of the game. At the same time, Columbus threw the opponent’s goal only 24 times.
Gustav Nicwist and Justin Denfort scored in the Blue Jackets, while Bruins scored two goals. goli Eric Haul, but added Brad Marshan, Jake Debrasky and Charlie Coil. The next game “Blue Jackets” will take place on April 5, at 2:00 Latvian time, meeting again with “Bruins”.
In another game, Rudolph Balcer and the San Jose Sharks conceded to the Dallas Stars 4: 5. Balcers spent 11:42 minutes, of which 1:47 was the minority. The Latvian performed two methods of force, blocked the opponent’s throw once and finished the duel with a negative efficiency of -1.
Nick Bonino, Brent Burns, John Lenard and Logan Cutur stood out in the Sharks, while Vladislav Namestnikov, Jani Hakanpa, Rope Hinch, Jason Robertson and Joe Pavelski were the winners. The next game “Sharks” is scheduled for April 6 at 5:30 at home against the Edmonton Oilers.
