“Canucks” lost 1:3 (1:0, 0:1, 0:2) to Vegas “Golden Knights”.
Blüger played 14 minutes and 15 seconds, spending 32 seconds on the ice in the minority. During his time on the court, he had four shots on goal, blocked one shot, won two of seven shots and finished the match with a neutral efficiency rating.
The Latvian hockey player made it 1-0 in favor of the Vancouver team in the first third after playing eight minutes, when he beat the home goalkeeper from close range.
At the end of the second period, Alex Pietrangelo equalized the score, but in the third period, after less than four minutes, William Carlson put the “Golden Knights” in the lead. In the last minute of regular time, Bret Howden sent the puck into the empty “Canucks” goal.
“Canucks” goalkeeper Kevin Lankinen saved 18 shots, while on the other side of the field, Edin Hill managed 19 pucks.
It has already been reported that Latvian goalkeeper Artūrs Šilovs was sent to the Abbotsford Canucks farm club of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Tuesday.
Vancouver is seventh in the Western Conference with 38 points in 32 games.