MOSCOW, Feb 19Florida defeated Minnesota on the road in match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, held in St. Paul, ended with a score of 6:2 in favor of the guests. For the Panthers, Mason Marchment scored a hat-trick (11, 13 and 55 minutes), while goals were scored by Anthony Duclair (29), Aaron Ekblad (42) and Carter Verhag (54). The “savages” scored Kirill Kaprizov (8) and Mats Zukkarello (50), who was assisted by Kaprizov. Kaprizov played his 100th game in the league, his abandoned puck became his 50th in the NHL. This season, the 24-year-old Russian has 45 games in which he scored 61 (23 goals + 38 assists) points. The Florida gate was defended by Russian Sergey Bobrovsky. He repelled 24 of 26 shots on goal and was recognized as the third star of the meeting. The Russian defender of «Minnesota» Dmitry Kulikov spent 16 minutes and 45 seconds on the ice and did not score, finishing the match with a «-1» utility index.
