The hosts recognized the superiority of “Lightning” with 0:4 (0:3, 0:0, 0:1).
Girgenson spent 12 minutes and 33 seconds on the ice, using one power play, while Balinskis scored twice and blocked one shot in 16 minutes and 58 seconds.
The goals were scored by Nikita Kucherov, Jake Ganzel, Mitchell Chafee in the majority and Brandon Hagel in the minority, putting the puck into an empty net.
The “dry” game was played by Júnass Johansson with 36 saved shots.
In another game, Columbus “Blue Jackets” without Elvy Merzlikin defeated Montreal “Canadiens” 5:4 (2:0, 1:3, 2:1) at home.
Dmitry Voronkovs scored two goals for the winners, Kirill Marchenko (1+2), Sean Monaghan and defender Zack Werensky (both – 0+3) collected three points each, while Jett Greaves saved 27 shots in the goal.
The “Panthers” are third in the Eastern Conference with 46 points in 36 games, the “Lightning” are seventh with 40 points in 32 duels, and the “Blue Jackets” are in tenth place with 34 points in 35 games.
The Blue Jackets will play their next game against the Boston Bruins on Friday, the Lightning will host the New York Rangers on Saturday, and the Panthers will play the Montreal Canadiens at home.
Meanwhile, Teodors Blüger made a successful pass in the victory of the Vancouver “Canucks” at home. “Canucks” beat San Jose “Sharks” 4:3 (1:1, 3:0, 0:2).
Blügers assisted Kiefer Sherwood’s goal in the 37th minute, the home team taking a 2-1 lead.
In 16 minutes and 19 seconds on the pitch, Blügers shot once at the opponent’s goal, blocked one shot, used two power plays, earned four penalty minutes, during which no goal was lost, and also won all three shots.
In the 12th minute, William Eklund put the visitors in the lead, but in the 15th minute, Brock Besser equalized the score.
Elias Peteshon scored two goals in 44 seconds at the end of the second period, making it 4-1.
In the third period, the guests got back only two goals with shots by Cody Seasey and Luke Kanin.
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 41 points in 34 games.
The Canucks will play their next game on Saturday at home against the Seattle Kraken.