21 Feb 2024, 19:00 | Regular season | Braehead Arena |
Glasgow Clan | 3-2 SO | Guildford Flames |
Periods: Shots: | 0-1 (10-8) | 0-1 (13-7) | 2-0 (12-11) | 0-0 (3-5) | Total: 38-31 |
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Referees: Craig/Brown  |  Spectators: 3121 |
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Goals and assists
Glasgow Clan scored a pair of goals in the third period to come back
from two down before beating Guildford Flames in a shootout at Braehead
Arena.
A late opening-period penalty on Alex Roach fro shooting
the puck out of bounds left to the first goal of the game 50 seconds
before the first buzzer. Having won the offensive zone faceoff himself,
Flames captain Brett Ferguson took a pass from Mike Crocock and skated
in front to wrap-around on Antti Karjalainen and put the Flames ahead.
In
what became a back and forth second period, the Flames doubled their
lead with a bit of fortune. Ryan Tait's throw to the net deflected into
his own net off former Flames defenseman Jake Bolton to put the Flames
two ahead at 34:22.
Taz Burman in the Flames net made a couple of
good stops at the start of period three to keep the visitors up by a
pair, but could do nothing about Clan getting themselves back to within
one. Luke Lynch was found alone in the slow by Philippe Sanche and the
former's shot was inch-perfect to beat the on-rushing Burman and make it
a one-goal game with 13:59 to go. Karjalainen made a wonderful glove
save to deny Patrick Bajkov putting the Flames back two ahead a minute
later.
At the other end, a combination of Burman and the goal
frame thwarted Gary Haden tying the game when he got in behind the
Flames' defense. Karjalainen later made an excellent stretched, pad save
at the far post to keep Clan only one behind. With 4:20 to play, Robert
Lachowicz pounced on Sanche digging a loose puck out in the crease to
tie the game just as Lewis Hook's minor was expiring.
Steven
McParland almost stole the game for the Flames against his former team
with a minute to go, but both teams took a point with the game going to
overtime. Josh Roach and Haden almost won it early in OT for Clan,
before the Flames went straight up the other end and had a shot come
back off the bar. Sanche took a Slashing penalty with 2:!5 left in the
bonus period, promoting Paul Dixon to call his timeout and draw up a
play. Despite several good shooting opportunities, the Flames couldn't
find a way past Karjalainen and the game needed a shotoout to separate
the two teams.