Russian forward “Columbus” Marchenko scores the first goal in the NHL
MOSCOW, December 12 – RIA Novosti. The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Los Angeles Kings in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game.
The match in Columbus ended with the hosts winning 6:5 (2:0, 3:3, 0:2, 1:0) in overtime. Kirill Marchenko (7th minute), Boone Jenner (10), Patrick Laine (31), Jack Roslovik (39, 40) and Johnny Gaudreau (61) scored goals for Columbus. Anže Kopitar (25, 45), Blake Lizott (29), Jaret Anderson-Dolan (36) and Adrian Kempe (46) scored the goals.
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22-year-old Russian forward Marchenko scored the first point in the fourth NHL game of his career. The striker was selected by Columbus with the number 49 in the 2018 draft, he has been playing for the team since this season, before that he was the St. He played in the St. Petersburg SKA system.
Defender “Columbus” Vladislav Gavrikov drew attention with two assists in the game, now he has 9 points (2+7) in 27 games this season. Forward “Blue Jackets” Yegor Chinakhov productive actions were not marked.
In the other games of the day, Seattle beat Florida away (5:2), Arizona beat Philadelphia in overtime (5:4), Boston beat Vegas away (3:1).
Source: Ria
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