Bļugers' Toronto Maple Leafs Beat Columbus 6-2 in NHL
Toronto Maple Leafs, with Latvian forward Teodors Bļugers in the lineup, won 6-2 away to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL. It was the team's second straight win.
Latvian ice hockey forward Teodors Bļugers and the Toronto Maple Leafs won a regular-season game of the National Hockey League (NHL), North America's top professional league, on Tuesday. The visitors defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 (1-1, 4-0, 1-1), picking up their second consecutive victory.
Bļugers spent 16 minutes and three seconds on the ice, of which five minutes and 40 seconds came while his team was short-handed. The Latvian forward delivered one hit, blocked one shot, intercepted one opposing pass, lost the puck twice and won five of ten faceoffs. He finished the game with a plus-minus of -2, the worst on the team.
This season Bļugers has yet to record a scoring point in 11 games. He has two penalty minutes and a plus-minus of -3.
How the points were scored
Easton Cowan (1+2), Jack Roslovic (1+2) and Morgan Rielly (0+3) each collected three points for the Maple Leafs. Auston Matthews (1+1) and William Nylander (1+1) added two points apiece, while Kirill Marchenko and Marshall Rifai each scored one goal. It was Rifai's first NHL goal.
For the home side, Jake Christiansen and Charlie Coyle were among the scorers.
What comes next
With 12 points from 11 games, the Maple Leafs sit seventh in the NHL's Eastern Conference. They play their next game at home in the early hours of Friday, Latvian time, against the New York Rangers, for whom Latvian defenseman Alberts Šmits plays.
