27 Jan 2019, 17:15 | Regular season | Planet Ice Milton Keynes |
Milton Keynes Lightning | 2-9 | Belfast Giants |
Periods: Shots: | 1-2 ( - ) | 0-3 ( - ) | 1-4 ( - ) |
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Referees: Matt Thompson/Stefan Hogarth  |  Spectators: 1595 |
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Goals and assists
02:08 | | | away | | | | | | 0-1 | | | Darcy Murphy (Dustin Johner, Mark Garside) |
12:15 | | | home | | | | | | 1-1 | | | Georgs Golovkovs (Michael Fine, Tim Wallace) |
17:54 | | | away | | | | | | 1-2 | | | Darcy Murphy (Jim Vandermeer, Chris Higgins) |
20:18 | | | away | | | | | | 1-3 | | | Patrick Dwyer (Chris Higgins, Josh Roach) |
27:53 | | | away | | | | | | 1-4 | | | Jonathan Boxill (Curtis Leonard, Josh Roach) |
35:03 | | | away | | | | | | 1-5 | | | Josh Roach (Curtis Leonard, Lewis Hook) |
39:07 | | | away | | | PPG | | | 1-6 | | | Josh Roach (Curtis Leonard, Patrick Dwyer) |
45:13 | | | away | | | | | | 1-7 | | | Blair Riley (Darcy Murphy, Dustin Johner) |
53:55 | | | away | | | | | | 1-8 | | | Chris Higgins |
54:09 | | | home | | | | | | 2-8 | | | Michael Fine (Ryan Lannon, Robert Baillargeon) |
57:06 | | | away | | | | | | 2-9 | | | Jonathan Boxill (Colin Shields, Curtis Leonard) |
Belfast Giants completed a six-point weekend and got their third win in three games with a big win in Milton Keynes.
Only 2:08 had been played when Darcy Murphy put the visitors ahead, but they were pegged back just over 10 minutes later as Georgs Golovkovs converted on the powerplay. Murphy then struck on a powerplay opportunity of the Giants’ own 2:06 before the end of the period to put his side up at the break – and then Patrick Dwyer added to that lead just 18 seconds into the next period.
Late in the middle period Josh Roach found the net to put the Giants 4-1 up, and from there on they never looked back. Roach added another before the period was over on the powerpay to make it five for the visitors after 40 minutes.
Goals from Blair Riley and Jonathan Boxill within 2:40 of each other early in the final period extended the lead out to six goals, while Chris Higgins made it 8-1 just before the 54-minute mark. Michael Fine added a late consolation for MK, before Boxill got his second of the night to round off a 9-2 win.
In numbers:
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Lightning |
Giants |
Shot efficiency |
11.76% |
16.36% |
PP % |
1/2 |
2/3 |
PK % |
1/3 |
1/2
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