05 Mar 2025, 19:30 | Regular season | Motorpoint Arena Nottingham |
Nottingham Panthers | 2-4 | Glasgow Clan |
Periods: Shots: | 1-1 ( - ) | 1-1 ( - ) | 0-2 (35-32) | Total: 35-32 |
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Referees: #14 Chris Wells, #23 Andrew Miller  |  Spectators: 4977 |
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Goals and assists
Glasgow Clan continued their excellent recent run with their tenth
win in their last 11 games thanks to a late show in Nottingham, ending
up 4-2 winners when it look like the game might be heading towards
overtime.
The result denied the Panthers moving into second ahead of a big weekend of fixtures.
Period
one ended all square with a stark contrast in the goals scored.
Mitchell Heard produced a contender for goal of the season, beating two
Panthers players and then toe-dragging around Jason Grande to open the
scoring and put Clan ahead at 4:03. The Panthers were level on a
powerplay at 7:28 when Simon Despres played a clearing pass up the
middle of his own zone, allowing Otto Nieminen to feed Tim Doherty to
fire in the equaliser at 7:28. Clan took two further penalties in the
period and were out-shot 10-5, but held firm to end the period at 1-1.
52 seconds into period two, Reid Stefanson put the Panthers into
the lead with a top-shelf finish at a start of a period that they'd
dominate.
A couple of successive minors on Clan put them on the back foot,
and while killing Heard's roughing penalty the Panthers thought they'd
gone further ahead at 29:08. The goal was washed out on the ice for
goalie interference, although the Panthers opted to use a Coach's
Challenge. The decision stood, however, with the Panthers then being
given a minor penalty.
At 33:09 Clan's Matt Berry was called for
hooking, and Clan were lucky to escape the kill - Chris Martinet's stick
breaking and Clan defending for some 30 seconds with only three players
with sticks in their hands, also with Brine called into some decent
stops.
That penalty kill proved vital, as Clan tied the game with 2:13
left in the period - Liam Finlay feeding Cole Ully on the off side to
level it.
Grande was called into action early in period three to
ensure the Panthers stayed level, but despite chances at either end it
looked like the game was destined for overtime. With Just over three
minutes remaining, Ully netted his second of the night in close to put
Clan into the lead with just 3:09 to play.
Grande then made an excellent save to deny Clan scoring fourth on
the rush on the next play, and was later pulled with 1:54 to go in
favour of the extra skater. Cooper Zech rang a shot from distance off
the crossbar in what was probably the home side's best chance with the
extra man, as Clan defended the middle of the ice well until the clock
ran out on the Panthers.