Russian goalkeeper “Columbus » Daniel Tarasov was injured during the NHL regular season game against Anaheim.
The incident occurred at the end of the second period with the score 4:1 in favor of the Blue Jackets. During the Anaheim attack, Columbus defenseman Adam Boqvist hit the cut on the Russian’s mask with his stick. The goalkeeper “turned off” from the play, the Ducks hockey players did not notice him and sent the puck into the goal, which was counted.
Tarasov immediately went to the locker room, covering his face with a towel. Instead of the Russian, Columbus had Latvian goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins on the ice, who missed two more goals in 3.5 minutes.
At this time the third period of the match began, the score was 4:4. From the first seconds of this segment of the game, Tarasov returned to the Columbus goal.
Source : MatchTV
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