at the start of the third period, mikael backlund again brought the fire ahead, and then forward blake coleman set the final score, 3:1 in favor of the hosts, with a throw into an empty net. the belarusian forward of calgary yegor sharongovich did not show any effective actions in this match. the hockey player played as part of the first line, spent 20 minutes 27 seconds on the ice, made one interception, and finished the meeting with a usefulness rating of zero. sharangovich broke his five-match sniper streak. belarus has 19 this season points and utility coefficient -6. flames are already after thirty. two games remain in tenth place in the western conference, with 31 points. the squad will play their next match on the road against anaheim on december 22. the leaders of the belarusian hockey championship celebrated their synchronized victories. vitebsk, after failure in the confrontation with arshansky lokomotiv, was stronger than dynamo molodechno. the soligorsk miner beat the defending champion zhlobin metallurg with a clean score, achieving their fifth victory in a row. later in o