Elvis Merzlikin | Photo: NHL
Latvian goalkeeper in the National Hockey League (NHL) tonight Elvia Merzlikina The Columbus “Blue Jackets” representative will host the Boston “Bruins” team. The start of the game is scheduled at 2:00 Latvian time and, as usual, the live match will be available “Viaplay“platform.
Merzlikin will be the goalkeeper of the blue jackets from the start of tonight’s game after a two-game break. If the “Blue Jackets” celebrated a convincing victory on Monday with Daniil Tarasov on goal in the duel between the Columbus team and the New York “Rangers”, then in the previous game against the Arizona “Coyotes” the young goalkeeper played without success. He scored four innings and was substituted at the end of the second period, giving Merzlikin a spot on the pitch.
In five games, in four of which he went on the ice in the starting lineup, the Latvian goalkeeper managed 86.3% of the shots, conceded 4.06 innings and helped the team win two. Johnny Goodreau, who is the team’s top scorer with three goals and five assists, will also be looking to help Elvis pull Columbus out of the “hole” or last place in the conference.
The situation does not look so promising that both Merzlikin and the entire “Blue Jackets” team can improve their stats: the “Bruins” team from Boston, which have won seven wins in eight games against their opponents. At the start of the season, “Bears” showed an excellent performance in attack, scoring 35 goals, which is the best indicator of the league. Czech star Dāvids Pastrņaks scored the most, with 15 (6 + 9) points. It should also be noted that this is only the third away game for Boston, who have played perfectly at home so far (six wins in six games).
In another match, the Pittsburgh Penguins, still without Theodore Blüger, will look to get back on track against the second weakest team in the league, the Vancouver Canucks.
Busy day of training changes for #CBJ
-Jiricek and Bayreuther in place of Boqvist (injury) and Bean (illness)
-Liam Foudy in place of Mathieu Olivier
-Elvis Merzlikins on the netJackets / Bruins tonight at Nationwide
– Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) October 28, 2022
