P-Bruins Ice IcaCaps at St. John’s
P-Bruins news release…
St. John's,
NFLD – The Providence Bruins defeated the St. John's IceCaps 3-2 Tuesday evening.
Matt
Lindblad, Craig Cunningham and Anthony Camara each had a goal, while Malcolm Subban made 27 saves in the
victory.
After a
scoreless opening period, Lindblad got the P-Bruins on the scoreboard only 27
seconds into the second period. Nick Johnson had possession behind the
net and passed to Lindblad in front who beat IceCaps goaltender Michael Hutchinson glove side for his
seventh goal of the season.
Joe Morrow recorded the second
assist. The IceCaps tied the game at one
at the 4:33 mark, while on the power play.
Adam Lowry sent the puck into
the net for his ninth goal of the season after some activity in front had
Subban scrambling. Jerome Samson and Will
O'Neill had the assists on the goal as the game went into the second
intermission tied at one.
Providence
retook the lead at the 11:10 mark when Samson turned the puck over while on the
power play in the Providence zone, which lead to a breakaway chance for Cunningham
who went in and backhanded the puck top shelf for his 18th goal of
the season.
Matt Fraser assisted on the goal. The offensive pressure did not end there as
soon after Alexander Khokhlachev
rushed into the zone and went behind the net, passing the puck to Camara in front who scored his eighth
goal of the season to make it 3-1.
The
IceCaps pulled within a goal at the 16:43 mark when Ben Chiarot tallied his fourth goal of the season. It was an unassisted goal. Despite the late goal, the P-Bruins held on
to win 3-2.
Subban stopped
27 of 29 shots for the P-Bruins, while Hutchinson made 28 saves for the IceCaps.
The P-Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power
play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill.
The P-Bruins continue a five game road trip Wednesday
against the IceCaps at 6:00pm.
Providence returns to the Dunkin'
Donuts Center on Sunday, February 9
at 3:05pm against the Springfield Falcons.
