25 Nov 2023, 19:00 | Regular season | SkyDome Arena |
Coventry Blaze | 4-2 | Dundee Stars |
Periods: Shots: | 0-1 (11-11) | 2-0 (14-10) | 2-1 (10-15) | Total: 35-36 |
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Referees: Dalton/Ions  |  Spectators: 1640 |
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Goals and assists
Coventry Blaze snapped their own five-game skid, and ended Dundee's
winning run at the same number, with a 4-2 win over the Stars at the
Skydome.
Having created the better of the early chances, Dundee
were deservedly ahead inside nine minutes - Carter Johnson down on one
knee to fire Craig Garrigan's feed past Taran Kozun and open the scoring
at 8:23. A defenseman's shinpad stopped Kobe Roth tying the game later
in the period as the Stars left by one after 20 minutes.
Ian
McNulty save a 1-on-0 denied by Kevin Carr and Danny Kristo rang a shot
off the post as the Blaze pressed for an equaliser in the early stages
of period two. The Blaze did find their leveller on a powerplay,
wristing pass a screened Carr off a Brady Norrish pass into the middle
of the Stars' zone. Patient passing led to the Blaze go ahead off an Ian
McNulty shot re-directed in front of Carr by Tallberg for his second of
the game at 34:36. The home side could have added a third on a
powerplay towards the end of the period, but a combination of Carr and
bodies in front of him kept things at a one-goal game.
Alessio
Luciani was instrumental in denying the Stars an equaliser at one end,
and then after a couple of attempts poked the puck past Kevin Carr to
put the Blaze two ahead with 6:08 to play. Less than a minute later,
Jake Elmer pulled one back for the Stars to set up a nervy finish. Carr
was pulled with 1:44 to play but after some pressure the gamble
backfired with Kobe Roth finding the empty net to settling things with
25 seconds remaining.