• Uvja Balinska’s Florida “Panthers” celebrated their third win in a row in the NHL last night, beating the Eastern Conference leader New York “Rangers” 4-3 at home. Balinskis is still playing in the AHL or “Panthers” farm club.
• “Panthers” hockey player Aleksandrs Barkov has already given 27 assists in the season, but Sam Reinhart scored two goals in one game for the second time this week – he already has 23 accurate shots in the season.
After back-to-back three assist outings, Aleksander Barkov finds himself atop another @flapanthers all-time list. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/wMsEFAXIjo
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 30, 2023
• The Panthers led 2-0 until the seventh minute of the second period, but the Rangers tied it 3-3 midway through the third period. Shortly after, Florida managed to score the game-winning field goal to pull away two points.
Carter with the response ‼️ pic.twitter.com/yrLZtNZBMf
— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) December 30, 2023
• With 44 points, the club currently ranks third in the Eastern Conference, but the competition is fierce – only four points less than the eighth-placed New Jersey Devils.
• In another game, the fourth victory in the last five games and the seventh in the last eight was celebrated by the Dallas Stars, who beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in overtime.
• Rope Hintz stood out with a hat-trick, who also scored the winning goal eight seconds before the end of regular time. This season, Hintz has collected 32 performance points (14+18).
THE HINTZ HATTY ENDS IT! ???????????? pic.twitter.com/Hnp1i29Azc
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) December 30, 2023
• The Blackhawks suffered their third loss in their last five games and are in second-to-last place in the Western Conference.
NHL games on December 30
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