“Panthers” beat the Utah hockey club 4:1 (0:0, 1:0, 3:1).
In 15 minutes and 49 seconds on the ice, Balinskis used two power plays, blocked one shot, shot at the goal once and intercepted the puck once.
In 39 games this season, the defender has accumulated ten (1+9) performance points.
After 65 seconds played in the second period, Sam Reinhart led the “Panthers” team in the majority, but after a minute and 48 seconds played in the third period, Jesper Boqvist made it 2-0.
In the 54th minute, Logan Cooley scored one goal in the majority, but at the end of the game the winners sent the puck into an empty net twice, Boqvists scored his second goal in the game and Eta Luostarinen recorded the final score 22 seconds before the end of the match.
Sergej Bobrovskis saved 26 shots in the winner’s goal, while Karel Vejmelka managed 29 shots for the hosts.
The “Panthers” will play their next game on Saturday, meeting the Boston “Bruins” at home.
With 52 points in 42 games, the “Panthers” are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, while the Utah team, with 41 points in 40 matches, is in 11th place in the Western Conference.
It has already been reported that the Vancouver “Canucks” represented by forward Teodora Blüger, who did not have goalkeeper Artūrs Shilova in the application, lost to the Washington “Capitals” team 1:2 (0:1, 1:0, 0:0, 0:1) in extra time on Wednesday. .
In this match, the Latvian forward spent 17 minutes and 43 seconds on the ice, during which he used one power play, blocked one shot, shot at the goal once, intercepted the puck once, won seven of 15 shots and ended the game with a +/- indicator of -1.
Blügers has accumulated 17 (5+12) performance points in 40 games this season.
33 seconds before the end of the first period, Pierre-Luc Dubois opened the scoring, 37 seconds before the end of the second period, Connor Garland mostly helped the Canadian team to equalize the score, but the hosts achieved victory 41 seconds before the end of overtime, with Dubois again excelling.
Kevin Lankinen saved 16 shots for the Canucks, while Logan Thompson managed 30 shots for the hosts.
The Canucks will play their next game on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.
With 46 points in 40 games, the Canucks are in eighth place in the Western Conference, while the Capitals are the leader of the Eastern Conference with 58 points in 41 games.