Belarusian Vitaly Pinchuk was an assist in the debut match in the National Hockey League

In the match of the regular championship of the National Hockey League held today, October 11, at night in Minsk time, the Nashville Predators lost to the Ottawa Senators - 2: 3 (in the bullies). In this fight in the NHL debuted Belarusian striker Vitaly Pinchuk, reports sb.by.

During the meeting, the guests led - 2: 0. But the hosts of the site restored the status quo and tipped the scales in their direction in the bullite series.

In the game time, Tim Stützle (30th minute) and Drake Baterson (59), Ross Colton (9) and Jonathan Marchesso (14) distinguished themselves as part of Ottawa. In the series of bullies, their attempts were implemented by the players of the host team Tim Stützle and Shane Pinto, as well as the hockey player of the “predators” Ryan O’Reilly.

Belarusian Vitaly Pinchuk, having spent 11 minutes 10 seconds on the ice, won three of the seven face-offs, scored an effective transfer at the first goal of his team and completed the game with an indicator of utility "+1".

The striker became the second Belarusian hockey player in history, who managed to score in his first match in the NHL. Previously, a similar achievement was established by Ilya Protas last season, when he was an assist in the match against the Toronto Maple Leafs (4: 0). Vitaly Pinchuk is the 20th Belarusian who has ever played in the strongest league in the world.

The Nashville Predators, with six points after five meetings, are on the tenth line in the Western Conference table. The team will play the next match on the night of October 14 Minsk time at home against the Vegas Golden Knights.

In the regular season of the National Hockey League, all teams will play 84 games. The playoffs will start in April and end next June. The current champion is the Carolina Hurricanes, who won in the final series last season against the Vegas Golden Knights with a total score of 4-2.