The “Panthers” beat the Minnesota “Wild” away with a score of 6:1 (2:1, 2:0, 2:0).
Balinskis spent 15 minutes and 38 seconds on the ice, had one shot on goal, used four power plays, lost one puck and accumulated a positive efficiency coefficient of +2. This season, in 30 games, Balinskis had seven assists and a negative utility of -6.
In his NHL career so far, Balinski had a +1 utility in only two games. He was on the ice for the Panthers’ last two goals in Wednesday’s game.
Matthew Tkeczak stood out for the Floridians with two goals, defender Aaron Ekblad had a goal and two assists, Mekki Samoskiewicz, Niko Mikola and Etu Luostarinen also beat the home team. Marco Rossi scored the only goal for the “Wild” team.
Sergejs Bobrovskis saved 26 shots in the winning goal. Marc Andre Fleury had one more save for the opponents, for whom this was the 1004th match in the starting line-up, surpassing Patrick Rois in this indicator. Only Martin Brodeur (1,251) and Roberto Luongo (1,014) have more starts among goaltenders.
“Panthers” with 42 points in 33 games is fourth in the Eastern Conference, while “Wild” is the vice-leader of the Western Conference with 44 points in 32 games.