Athletistic/Hockey. On the night of December 9, a regular NHL championship match between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the St. Louis Blues took place in Columbus (Ohio, USA). The home team won with a score of 5:2.

For Columbus, Yegor Chinakhov scored twice, and Kirill Marchenko, Adam Fantilli and Alexandre Texier also scored once. For St. Louis, forward Robert Thomas scored both goals.

In total, Russian players scored eight points in this match. It was Egor Chinakhov who contributed the most to this, scoring 3 (2+1) points in the goal+pass system in 19 minutes 38 seconds of playing time. Other Columbus forwards Kirill Marchenko (2=1+1 ) and Dmitry Voronkov (2=0+2) scored two points each. And for Saint-Louis, Pavel Buchnevich scored an assist.

Columbus has scored 23 points in 29 matches and is in penultimate, 15th place in the Eastern Conference standings. “St. Louis” with 27 points after 26 matches occupies ninth place in the West.


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