Blue Jackets Goalie Matiss Kivlenieks Dies After Fall Trying to Escape Fireworks Malfunction

Latvia's goalkeeper Matiss Kivlenieks at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia, on May 21, 2021. Gintsivuskans/AFP/ via Getty Images

By Brian Hedger From The Columbus Dispatch

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died Sunday night as the result of an accident, police confirmed.