Sandis Vilmanis scores goal and penalty shot in Panthers preseason game

Latvian forward Sandis Vilmanis scored a goal and successfully converted a penalty shot during the Florida Panthers’ final NHL preseason game. Despite Vilmanis’ performance, the Panthers lost 2:3 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, a team featuring fellow Latvian Zemgus Girgensons.

Vilmanis played 20 minutes and 15 seconds, recording two shots on goal and finishing with a +1 rating. In the same game, Uvja Balinskis recorded two blocked shots for the Panthers. Girgensons played 14 minutes and 24 seconds for the Lightning, recording three hits and one blocked shot.