NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

Mikko Rantanen (B) of Colorado Avalanche shoots 3-4 power play goal pass Columbus Blue Jackets goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins during the 2022 NHL Global Series ice hockey match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche in Tampere, Finland, on November 4, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

Artturi Lehkonen (R) of Colorado Avalanche try to score against goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins of Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2022 NHL Global Series ice hockey match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche in Tampere, Finland, on November 4, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

Mikko Rantanen (B) of Colorado Avalanche observes while the puck goes wide of the net tended by goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins of Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2022 NHL Global Series ice hockey match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche in Tampere, Finland, on November 4, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

NHL match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche

Artturi Lehkonen (R) of Colorado Avalanche try to score against goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins of Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2022 NHL Global Series ice hockey match Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche in Tampere, Finland, on November 4, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

NHL Global Series in Tampere Finland - team practice

NHL Global Series in Tampere Finland - team practice

Goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins (L), Patrik Laine and Erik Gudbranson are seen during a practice session of the NHL team Columbus Blue Jackets in Tampere, Finland, on November 3, 2022. Columbus Blue Jackets will play Colorado Avalanche in two NHL Global Series matches in Tampere this week. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Elvis Merzlikins, Ondrej Palat, Radek Fuksa, Oskars Cibulskis

Elvis Merzlikins, Ondrej Palat, Radek Fuksa, Oskars Cibulskis

R-L Goaltender Elvis Merzlikins (LAT), Ondrej Palat and Radek Fuksa (both CZE) and Oskars Cibulskis (LAT) in action during the match between Czech Republic and Latvia within the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia, on May 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Elvis Merzlikins, Jakub Vrana

Elvis Merzlikins, Jakub Vrana

Jakub Vrana (CZE; center) scores over Elvis Merzlikins (LAT; left) during the match between Czech Republic and Latvia within the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia, on May 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)