Vilmanis Records First Point of the New NHL Season

Latvian hockey player Sandis Vilmanis has recorded his first scoring point of the new season in the National Hockey League (NHL), the top professional hockey league in North America. The forward stood out with an assist in a regular-season game against the Buffalo Sabres.

Vilmanis plays for the Florida Panthers. His pass set up Anton Lundell, whose accurate shot found the net. It was the Panthers' first goal of the game, so the Latvian's contribution helped the team get on the scoreboard.

It was Vilmanis's first point of the season. The regular season is the stage of the NHL calendar in which teams compete for places in the playoffs, so each point is part of a player's season statistics.

The source material does not give the final score or other details of the game.