17 Dec 2023, 17:00 | Regular season | Dundee Ice Arena |
Dundee Stars | 0-5 | Sheffield Steelers |
Periods: Shots: | 0-1 (13-10) | 0-3 (6-12) | 0-1 (10-17) | Total: 29-39 |
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Referees: Craig/Ferguson  |  Spectators: 1580 |
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Goals and assists
Sheffield Steelers increased their lead at the top of the Elite League with a five-goal shutout win over Dundee Stars.
Dundee
started well and had a handful of chances to open the scoring - calling
Matt Greenfield into a string of four quick saves as the put pressure
on early. Ryan Valentini couldn't find Brendan Harms across the crease
as another chance went begging before things came back to bite the hosts
- Brett Neumann's pass into the slot found Patrick Watling who beat
Kevin Carr with a high wrist shot with 67 seconds left in the period.
That
goal lifted the visitors who came out and dominated the middle period.
Dominic Cormier doubled the Steelers' lead with a shot from the point
that went through a crowd of players and into the net 72 seconds into
the period, before Daniel Ciampini's tip off a Niklas Nevalainen shot
made it 3-0 at 29:14. Robert Dowd then notched his 700th Elite League
point with a finish in front at 33:57. Sean Allen and Colton Saucerman
dropped the gloves earlier in the period and were given fighting majors
each.
Dundee gave Lucas Brine the net for period three, although
he was beaten 2:15 into the third with a short-side shot. That was the
end of the scoring as Dundee couldn't get on the board, and Greenfield
logged a 29-shot shutout.