VIDEO ⟩ Balinsky’s assist in the NHL match

“Panthers” lost 3-4 (1-0, 1-2, 1-1, 0-0, 1-2) to the New York “Rangers” in the postgame shooting series, losing their fourth match in a row.

Balinski was on the ice for 20 minutes and 19 seconds, of which he spent two minutes and seven seconds in the minority, and ended the match with a positive efficiency coefficient of +1.

The Latvian hockey player got to the scoring point at the beginning of the second third, when he passed the puck forward in the defense zone, starting the counterattack of the Florida team, which was finished by Etu Luostarinen with an accurate shot.

Matthew Tkaczak and Carter Verhegy stood out for the “Panthers” with two (1+1) points, while Artemis Panarins scored two goals among the opponents, who also made the game-winning shot, and Vincent Trochek had three assists.

The Florida team is third in the Eastern Conference with 95 points in 70 games, while the Rangers are in first place with 98 points in 71 games.

In another match, the Vancouver “Canucks” represented by Teodora Blüger and Artur Shilov defeated the Calgary “Flames” 4:2 (1:0, 1:1, 2:1) at home.

Blüger played 13 minutes and 13 seconds, spending a minute and a half of them on the ice in the minority. He marked the statistics with one shot on goal, won one of two shots and had a positive efficiency coefficient of +1. Shilov remained on the bench.