04:25	|	home	|		|	1-0	|	Quinn Preston (Ara Nazarian)
15:45	|	away	|		|	1-1	|	Mathieu Lemay (Jake Ryczek, Didrik Henbrant)
26:57	|	home	|		|	2-1	|	Mark Cooper (Matthew McLeod, Charles Curti)
32:16	|	home	|		|	3-1	|	Ara Nazarian (Quinn Preston, Dan Tedesco)
37:26	|	away	|		|	3-2	|	Oliver Betteridge (Tyler Welsh, Didrik Henbrant)
39:50	|	away	|	PPG	|	3-3	|	Westin Michaud (Mathieu Lemay)
55:17	|	home	|		|	4-3	|	Kohei Sato (Jacob Friend)

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Travis Brown	|		|		|		|
Mark Cooper	|	1	|		|		|
John Curran	|		|		|		|
Charles Curti	|		|	1	|		|
Henrik Eriksson	|		|		|		|
Jacob Friend	|		|	1	|		|	2
Ben Lake	|		|		|		|
Ciaran Long	|		|		|		|	-1
Bobby MacIntyre	|		|		|		|
Matthew McLeod	|		|	1	|		|	1
Ara Nazarian	|	1	|	1	|		|
Sean Norris	|		|		|		|
David Phillips	|		|		|	2	|	2
Cameron Pound	|		|		|		|	-1
Quinn Preston	|	1	|	1	|		|	1
Kohei Sato	|	1	|		|	2	|
Dan Tedesco	|		|	1	|		|	1

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Stephen Anderson	|		|		|		|
Oliver Betteridge	|	1	|		|	2	|	1
Michael Caruso	|		|		|		|	1
Simon Després	|		|		|		|
Austin Farley	|		|		|		|
Joseph Hazeldine	|		|		|		|
Didrik Henbrant	|		|	2	|		|	1
Jordan Kelsall	|		|		|		|
Mathieu Lemay	|	1	|	1	|		|
Alexander Lunsjö	|		|		|		|	-2
Myles McGurty	|		|		|		|	-2
Westin Michaud	|	1	|		|	2	|
Carl Neill	|		|		|		|	-2
Logan Neilson	|		|		|		|
Otto Nieminen	|		|		|		|	-2
Hugo Roy	|		|		|		|	-2
Jake Ryczek	|		|	1	|		|
Tyler Welsh	|		|	1	|		|	1

 

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tyler Beskorowany	|	23	|	3	|	60:00	|	86.96
Andrew Dickson	|		|		|		|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Luca Sheldon	|		|		|		|
Rok Stojanovic	|	37	|	4	|	58:49	|	89.19

 

Kohei Sato hit the game winning goal inside the final five minutes to give Belfast Giants a 4-3 victory over Nottingham Panthers on Friday night. The crowd of 5,796 saw en entertaining, back and forth game at the SSE Arena.

Quinn Preston gave the home side the lead with 4:25 played, only to be pegged back by a Mathieu Lemay powerplay goal with 4:15 left in the period.

Matt McLeod broke down the wing to set up Mark Cooper in the slot at 26:57 as the Giants made a powerplay count, followed just over five minutes later by Ara Nazarian finishing a rebound from a Preston shot for another powerplay goal. Panthers Head Coach Jonathan Paredes called his timeout to steady his side, and that had the desired effect.

Ollie Betteridge pulled one back at 37:26 off an excellent pass into the slot by Jeremy Welsh, while Westin Michaud tied the game with 10 seconds left in the period as the Panthers skated 5-on-3.

Sato's goal in the final period was worthy of a game-winner, cutting in front the boards and doing it all himself in front of Rok Stojanovič with 55:17 played. The Panthers had a couple of goes at pulling Stojanovič for the extra skater in the final minutes, but were unable to tie the game again.

Belfast moved into the top five with the win.