20 Mar 2024, 19:30 | Regular season | Dundee Ice Arena |
Dundee Stars | 2-3 | Guildford Flames |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (15-9) | 2-2 (11-17) | 0-1 (19-8) | Total: 45-34 |
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Referees: Craig/Brown  |  Spectators: 1539 |
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Goals and assists
Guildford Flames moved back to within a point of fourth pplace with a
3-2 win on the road in Dundee, denying the Stars the chance of moving
back into the playoff places.
The two sides went over 25 minutes
without a goal at the Dundee Ice Arena, but then split four in the final
15 minutes of the second period. The best Stars' chance of the opening
period fell to Ryan Valentini through on a breakaway, but he was
thwarted by Eamon McAdam.
Indeed, both goalies pulled off
excellent stops to keep things scoreless. That was until the Flames
worked the puck to Peter Crinella on the edge of circle to beat Lucas
Brine high and open the scoring at 26:09. Moments later, Brine pulled
off an incredible save with the paddle to stop the Flames going two
ahead. His team responded with two goals in under two minutes. Valentini
went through on Burman again and this team finished five-hole to tie
the game at 32:08, before Spencer Naas tipped an Elijah Vilio shot in
front of the Flames goalie to put the hosts ahead with 33:58 played.
Jordan Klimek made things all square again, coming in to follow up on a
rebound from a Ryan Tait effort with 71 seconds left in the period.
Klimek
notched his second of the night with the Flames' go-ahead goal 9:07
from the end of regulation. That eventually proved to be the
game-winner, despite Brine being pulled for the extra skate for the
final 65 seconds.