Tonight at At 22:00 Latvian time, the National Hockey League (NHL) unit of Columbus “Blue Jackets” represented by Elvis Merzlikkin will host Carolina “Hurricanes” in their field.

As you know, on Wednesday the Latvian goalkeeper was injured in training and since Thursday he is on the list of injured. There is no information about the return deadlines yet, but it is known that Elvis will not play against the “Hurricanes” and together with Jonas Korpisalo, Matīss Kivlenieks will most likely be announced for the game. After two losses, the Blue Jackets were able to win over the Dallas Stars and slightly improve their positions, currently the team is in third place in the Central Division with 13 points in 12 matches. Columbus’ next opponent, the Hurricanes, is in fourth place with 12 points in eight games.

If Corpisalo really takes the goal, he will have third game in a row. This season, the 26-year-old Finn has played seven games, repelling 91.4% of throws and averaging 2.86 puck. Merzlikinam had 91.3% of passes in six matches and an average of 2.76 goals. Kivlenieks has not played this season yet.

In the previous Hurricanes match, the team won a series of five wins, for a total of six successes in eight games, which is a pretty good result. The leader of the unit’s attack is Andrejs Svečņikovs, who has six goals and three assists. He is followed by Sebastian Aho with 2 + 6, and Vincent Troček with seven (5 + 2) points.

It should be noted that Columbus has successful series in matches against “Hurricanes” – four wins in a row.

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