Tarasov spent all 60 minutes on the ice and reflected 45 of 46 shots on his own goal. Thanks to the inspired play of the Russian goalkeeper, Columbus, which occupies the last, 16th place in the Eastern Conference table, managed to prevail over Colorado, which is in third place in the West.
The match, held at the Nationwide Arena, ended with a score of 4:1 in favor of the hosts. For Columbus, Kirill Marchenko scored two points - in the 30th minute, the Russian striker opened the scoring, and at the end of the match he assisted Cole Sillinger. Alexander Nylander scored a double, scoring one of the goals from assists from Dmitry Voronkov and Ivan Provorov.
For Colorado, Chris Wagner scored the only goal. At the same time, Avalanche’s domestic legionnaires did not take part in the match. Valery Nichushkin missed it due to a lower body injury, and Alexander Georgiev remained in reserve.
Subsequently, Tarasov was also recognized as the third star of the day in the NHL. Above are Toronto forward Auston Matthews, who scored a double and an assist in the match against Florida, and Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby, who also scored three (2 + 1) points in the game against the Rangers.
Earlier it was reported that the NHL repeated the record for the number of Russian goalkeepers who took part in one regular season.