Voronkov was recognized as the first star of the NHL match Pittsburgh - Columbus
Russian hockey player of the Columbus Blue Jackets Dmitry Voronkov was recognized as the first star of the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins. This is reported on January 8 by the press service of the NHL.
It is specified that the Russian athlete scored two pucks in the gate "Pittsburgh" (4:3 B) and became the first star of the match.
The second was Penguins forward Rickard Rakell, who scored a double. And the third star was named Columbus forward Adam Fantilli, who was able to tie the score at the end of the third period.
Earlier, on December 19, Russian defenseman "Utah" Mikhail Sergachev scored the winning puck in the match with the "Vancouver Canucks" and was recognized as the third star of the last game day in the National Hockey League (NHL). It is reported that Sergachev scored 12 seconds before the end of overtime and turned the score in favor of his team.