4: 3 (P) Canucks Blue Jackets
• Elvis Merzlikin played the entire game in victory over the Vancouver Canucks. The Latvian has saved 32 of his opponents’ 35 shots, so his saved shot rate was 91.4%. This was Elvi’s first win of the season. After two games played, his shooting percentage is 86.7%.
• Vancouver started better. The first goal was scored in the minority. Bo Horvath beat Merzlikin in the eighth minute of the first period. The next goal was also scored by “Canucks”. This time around, Elias Peterson scored with an accurate shot.
• In the second period, “Blue Jackets” replicated a goal. Justin Danforth scored 1-2 on an assist from Vladislav Gavrikov. Playing at home, the “Blue Vests” leveled in the seventh minute of the third period when defender Zach Werenski scored.
• Unfortunately, the puck flew into Merzlikin’s goal after 42 seconds. The goal was credited to Horvath. Columbus does not give up and shortly after is 3-3. This time, Johnny Goodrow scored with an accurate shot.
• The winning goal was scored in extra time. Gavrikov received a great pass from Yegor Chinakov and ended the attack with a goal – 4: 3.
• “Blue Jackets” will play their next game on 21 October. It will house the Nashville “Predators”.
WHO WILL YOU CALL?
VLADISLAV GAVRIKOV 📞📞📞📞 pic.twitter.com/43iGtkbr5n
– Columbus blue jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) October 19, 2022
Oilers 2: 4 Sabers
• Zemgus Girgenson played in 12:10 minutes (2:40 deficit). During this period, the Latvian scored a shot on goal, a blocked shot and won 25% of the shots he participated in. At the end of the match, Girgenson has a +/- neutral score.
• The result of the match was revealed in the fourth minute of the first period, when Rasmuss Dālins made the majority. This was his third goal of the season – 1: 0. The defender became the seventh defender in NHL history, who, starting with the first game of the season, scored in at least three games in a row. Beldy Northcote has the longest streak of its kind – six games.
• The joys of “Saber” were very short. Just 23 seconds pass and Dernel Neer equalizes the score of the match. Germany earned their fifth assist in this situation points machine Leon Draisaitl.
• Only the “Sabers” hockey players scored in the second period. A masterstroke from Tage Thompson put Buffalo in the lead. Player born in 1997 in the 44th second of the period settled with two Oilers defenders and also beat the goalkeeper. In the sixth minute of the period, German hockey Peterka made it 3: 1.
• At the end of the third period, “Oilers” managed to recover a goal. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring with one and a half minutes to go. “Oilers” could not continue successfully, because “Sabers” took advantage of the fact that the Edmonton gate was empty – scored Alex Tuck 4: 2and the game ended like this.
• “Sabers” and Girgensons will play their next match on 21 October. It will host a match against one of last season’s best teams, the Calgary Flames.
You are a fantastic man, Tage Thompson pic.twitter.com/26pjU0CTdY
– Spittin ‘Chiclets (@spittiniclets) October 19, 2022
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