Tampa Bay Lightning’s Russian defenseman Mikhail Sergachev led his team in scoring in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Sergachev scored the puck in the 30th minute of the match and made the score 2:1. For the Russian hockey player, this goal was the first goal this season.
15 November Sergachev deleted His account on Instagram for insulting the team’s fans (the owner of the Meta company is known as an extremist in Russia and was banned). The reason for the fans’ attacks was Sergachev’s poor performance at the beginning of the season. The Russian player played in 16 matches and made 8 assists in the new season before the Chicago match.
Sergachev has been playing in Tampa since 2017. During that time, he lifted the Stanley Cup over his head twice (2020, 2021).
In the final season of the NHL regular season, the Russian player played in 79 regular season games and recorded 10 goals and 54 assists. In the playoffs, the defender played six games (1+2), his team was eliminated in the 1/8 finals, losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The second period of the Tampa-Chicago match ended with the Lightning leading 2-1.
Previously Sergachev said About the big difference between the NHL and the Continental Hockey League