17 Jan 2025, 19:30 | Regular season | Braehead Arena |
Glasgow Clan | 1-3 | Sheffield Steelers |
Periods: Shots: | 0-3 (12-9) | 1-0 (10-6) | 0-0 (13-9) | Total: 35-24 |
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Referees: #16 Toby Craig, #49 Daniel Ferguson  |  Spectators: 3492 |
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Goals and assists
Sheffield Steelers moved to within four points of league leaders
Cardiff Devils after a 3-1 win over Glasgow Clan at Braehead Arena.
Matt
Greenfield was a big reason why the Steelers were ahead after the first
20 minutes as Clan just couldn't beat the visiting goalie despite
several excellent chances to take the lead. A quick shot from Mark
Simpson beat Landon Bow at 4:19 to put the Steelers ahead, and by just
over nine minutes played they'd doubled it -Max Golod wrapping the puck
around and finishing through Bow's five-hole at 9:02.
Bow left the net after that goal, with Lucas Brine taking over, but would return for period two.
After
Alex Forbes and Deven Sideroff had seen chances stopped by Greenfield,
in the closing seconds of the period Brandon Whistle ripped a shot into
the top corner of Bow's net with 14 seconds left on the clock.
With
4:28 left in period two, Clan thought they'd beaten Greenfield but
Rylan Schwartz's goal was ruled out as Chris McKay had batted the puck
to him with his hand. Some 30 seconds later, they finally did find a way
through - Reece Kelly steeping up caused an interception in Clan's end,
and as they went up the ice it was eventually Schwartz with a tap in
off a Matt Berry pass back across the top of the crease.
In the
third, some excellent blocks by Dominic Cormier and Kevin Tansey helped
the Steelers keep Clan restricted to long-range shots which Greenfield
was seeing well. Clan pulled Bow with almost two and a half minutes to
go, but, despite good puck pressure, really didn't force Greenfield into
any desperate action in the final seconds.
The win was Sheffield's eighth in a row.