28 Feb 2020, 19:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast |
Belfast Giants | 7-3 | Guildford Flames |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (9-5) | 5-1 (16-10) | 2-2 (13-10) | Total: 38-25 |
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Referees: Pavel Halas/Stefan Hogarth | Spectators: 4225 |
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Goals and assists
23:34 | | | away | | | | | | 0-1 | | | Jamie Crooks (Ben Davies, Brett Ferguson) |
28:07 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 1-1 | | | David Goodwin (Ciaran Long, Elgin Pearce) |
32:08 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 2-1 | | | Bobby Farnham (Elgin Pearce, David Goodwin) |
33:15 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 3-1 | | | Liam Morgan (Ben Lake, Jordan Smotherman) |
36:22 | | | home | | | | | | 4-1 | | | Jordan Smotherman (Ben Lake, Brian Ward) |
36:33 | | | home | | | | | | 5-1 | | | Elgin Pearce (Kevin Raine, Curtis Hamilton) |
49:08 | | | away | | | | | | 5-2 | | | Ben Davies (Jamie Crooks, Brett Ferguson) |
50:18 | | | away | | | | | | 5-3 | | | Erik Lindhagen (Ian Watters, Corbin Baldwin) |
53:06 | | | home | | | | | | 6-3 | | | Liam Morgan (Ryan Lowney, Kevin Raine) |
57:49 | | | home | | | | | | 7-3 | | | Ryan Lowney (Ciaran Long, Bobby Farnham) |
Five unanswered goals in the second period were the difference as Belfast overcame Guildford at the SSE Arena on Friday night.
After a scoreless opening period, the game burst into life in the middle frame with Guildford taking the lead 3:34 in through Jamie Crooks from close range. David Goodwin equalised at 28:07 on the powerplay before the Giants took full control of things with four goals in just over as many minutes. Bobby Farnham put the hosts ahead at 32:08, followed by Liam Morgan converting his own rebound at 33:15 - both goals on powerplays. Jordan Smotherman and Elgin Pearce then scored within 11 seconds of each other to make the score 5-1 after 40 minutes.
Goals 50 seconds apart from Ben Davies on the rush and then Erik Lindhagen on a change brought the Flames back to within two with just under ten minutes still to play. However, Liam Morgan's shot from the blueline through a screen put the Giants back at three ahead with 53:06 on the clock, and hard work from Farnham led to Ryan Lowney making it 7-3 with 2:11 to go.
The teams will meet again tomorrow night.