Girgenson helps Lightning win, Merzlikin misses Blue Jackets game

“Lightning” defeated the Vegas “Golden Knights” at home with the result 4:3 (2:2, 0:1, 2:0).

Girgenson spent 11 minutes on the ice in this match, three minutes and 25 seconds of which he played in the minority. In his time on the ice, he had one shot on goal, one power play, one turnover and a neutral efficiency rating.

The first goal in the match was scored after only five minutes played, when Brayden McNab put the guests in the lead, and five minutes later Janis Moser equalized the score.

In the continuation of the first period, “Golden Knights” restored a one-goal lead by Pavel Dorofeev, who stood out with an accurate shot in the majority, but 13 seconds before the end of the first period, after the goal of Nikita Kucherov, the score was tied again.

In the second period, Ivan Barbashev put the puck into the Tampa Bay team’s goal, but in the remaining part of the game, the home team scored two more goals, achieving their third victory in a row. Less than three minutes before the end of regular time, Brandon Hagel made it 3-3, but in the last minute Kucherov scored the second goal of the match.

The “Lightning” goal was guarded by Andrejs Vasilevskis, who saved 22 shots, while on the other side of the field, Edin Hill managed 21 shots.