Girgenson Lightning convincingly wins the Sabers; Columbus Play-offs Hope keeps live / day
Lightning outscored the Latvian former unit Buffalo Sabers with a 7: 4 (1: 2, 4: 0, 2: 2) on their pitch, which suffered the third consecutive failure.
Girgenson played nine minutes and 25 seconds, during which he earned a two -minute rejection, executed two power techniques and won eight of 11 shots, ending the match with a neutral efficiency rating.
Two goals for Tampabey’s team were scored by Jake Gencel and Nikita Kucherov, who also scored a pass, Konor Gicky, Emil Lilleberg and Ryan McDonah scored from time to time, and Brandon Heigel scored three assists.
Konor Klifton, Sam Laferty, Alex Taks and Jirži Kulihs stood out in the « Sabers » ranks with accurate shots.
The home side’s goal was guarded by Jun Juhanson, who fouled down 21 pucks, while James Reimers had 24 shots on the other side of the field.
Lightning, with 100 points in 80 games in the Eastern Conference, ranks third and will play the next match on Tuesday, hosting Uvja Balinsky’s Panthers represented by Uvis Balinsky. The Sabers ranks 14th with 77 points.
In another match, the Columbus « Blue Jackets » played 4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0) in the Washington Capitals with a 4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0).
The Columbus unit is still in the fight to qualify for the Stanley Cup, but it must be won in the remaining two regular season games, and hopefully the other competitor will lose the other competitor to the Wild Card’s Montreal Canadiens.
The Blue Jackets, with 85 points in 80 battles in the Eastern Conference, are in ninth place, while the Capitals with 109 points are the leader.