Columbus beat Vancouver in overtime, Gavrikov scored the winning goal in overtime, video, match review
“Bent the body around him!” Russian goal in overtime put on the ears of 14 thousand Americans
Egor Chinakhov and Vladislav Gavrikov brought Columbus their first victory in the competition.
Columbus and Vancouver started the NHL season with serious injuries, but now it’s time for a face-to-face meeting, where one of the unfortunates would definitely score the first points. Orcas less time ago played the role of Ovechkin, where they took part in Ovechkin’s benefit performance, but this did not stop them from reporting a cheerful start to the meeting in Columbus.
The Croatian scored in the minority in the eighth minute, and soon Pettersson caught a rebound after an inaccurate throw by Podkolzin and again upset the Blue Jackets keeper Merzlikin. For the Swede, this puck was the 100th for Vancouver, he achieved this achievement in 249 games. Faster in the history of the killer whales was the incredible Pavel Bure, who finished in 154 games.
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A two-goal advantage during the game is the real curse of Vancouver in this case. The fact is that in all three lost meetings, the “killer whales” led “+2”, but constantly lost in regular time and eventually set anti-record.
And you can imagine – in Columbus, history repeated itself for the fourth (!) Time in a row. At the same time, Vancouver seemed to last right up to the 36th minute without conceded goals, but at the end of the second period, Justin Danforth scored, beautifully hitting the puck from the summer. The ex-player of “Vityaz” was assisted by the Russians Chinakhov and Gavrikov, and the defender, unfortunately, seemed to be stuck with the stigma of “homebody”, turned out to be on a patch. But this was not the last moment in the match, where Gavrikov demonstrated unusual activity.
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Equalized the “Columbus” at the beginning of the period. True, 40 seconds after Verensky’s goal, Horvath scored a brace and again brought Vancouver forward, but Johnny Gaudreau, who performed beauty, stole the long-awaited award from the unfortunate killer whales.
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The game went to overtime (so that both teams earned the first points of the season), where luck smiled at the hosts. In the 64th minute, Chinakhov and Gavrikov flew to the gates of Spencer Martin and exemplarily got together with the defender and goalkeeper, once putting 14,000 observations on the Nationwide Arena to their ears.
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“A really beautiful finish from Vladislav Gavrikov, who curved his body around him and scored on the touch,” is how journalist Jeff Svoboda describes the scoring of the defender of freedom.
Gavrikov himself was extremely modest after the game: “We were lucky, we scored a goal, so we deserved it.”
Well, Columbus have their first win of the season thanks to an English overtime goal. Vancouver, although it scored the first point, continues to amaze with its spinelessness. Losing four matches in a row, which is played in two goals – it is necessary to try!