Game detail: 31 Aug 2019, Sheffield Steelers - Nottingham Panthers

31 Aug 2019, 19:00 | Regular season | GROUP C | Sheffield Arena

Sheffield Steelers

8-4

Nottingham Panthers

Periods:
Shots:

0-3
( - )

3-0
( - )

5-1
( - )

Referees: Smith/Hogarth | Spectators: 8641

07:04	\|	away	\|		\|	0-1	\|	Mark Matheson (Jason DeSantis, Dylan Malmquist)
08:28	\|	away	\|		\|	0-2	\|	Alexis Loiseau (Brian Connelly)
13:54	\|	away	\|		\|	0-3	\|	Sam Herr (Robert Lachowicz)
27:14	\|	home	\|		\|	1-3	\|	Michael Davies (Nikolai Lemtyugov, Jonas Liwing)
32:04	\|	home	\|	PPG	\|	2-3	\|	Robert Dowd (Marc-Olivier Vallerand, Brendan Connolly)
36:48	\|	home	\|		\|	3-3	\|	Eric Meland (Nikolai Lemtyugov, John Armstrong)
41:53	\|	away	\|		\|	3-4	\|	Sam Herr (Brett Perlini)
48:30	\|	home	\|		\|	4-4	\|	Martin St. Pierre (Michael Davies, Tanner Eberle)
50:43	\|	home	\|		\|	5-4	\|	Aaron Johnson (Marc-Olivier Vallerand, Robert Dowd)
51:08	\|	home	\|		\|	6-4	\|	Tanner Eberle (Michael Davies, Martin St. Pierre)
55:31	\|	home	\|		\|	7-4	\|	John Armstrong (Ben O’Connor)
56:16	\|	home	\|		\|	8-4	\|	James Bettauer (Michael Davies)

Sheffield Steelers

Nottingham Panthers

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
John Armstrong	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|
James Bettauer	\|	1	\|		\|		\|	2
Kieran Brown	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brendan Connolly	\|		\|	1	\|	4	\|
Michael Davies	\|	1	\|	3	\|		\|	2
Anthony DeLuca	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	1
Robert Dowd	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|	-1
Tanner Eberle	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|	3
Alex Graham	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jordan Griffin	\|		\|		\|		\|
Aaron Johnson	\|	1	\|		\|		\|	2
Nikolai Lemtyugov	\|		\|	2	\|		\|
Jonas Liwing	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Eric Meland	\|	1	\|		\|		\|	2
Ben O’Connor	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	-1
David Phillips	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jonathan Phillips	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Cole Shudra	\|		\|		\|		\|
Martin St. Pierre	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|	2
Marc-Olivier Vallerand	\|		\|	2	\|		\|	-1

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Oliver Betteridge	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brian Connelly	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Jason DeSantis	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|	-2
Adam Deutsch	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Georgs Golovkovs	\|		\|		\|		\|
Joseph Hazeldine	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Sam Herr	\|	2	\|		\|		\|	1
Jens Jakobs	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Jordan Kelsall	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Robert Lachowicz	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	2
Guillaume Lepine	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	-2
Alexis Loiseau	\|	1	\|		\|	2	\|
Dylan Malmquist	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|	-3
Mark Matheson	\|	1	\|		\|		\|	-1
Brett Perlini	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	-1
William Quist	\|		\|		\|		\|	-2
Jon Rheault	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Joshua Tetlow	\|		\|		\|		\|	-2
Nolan Zajac	\|		\|		\|		\|

Sheffield Steelers

Nottingham Panthers

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tomas Duba	\|		\|		\|		\|
Pavel Kantor	\|	4	\|	26	\|	60:00	\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Kevin Carr	\|	51	\|	8	\|	60:00	\|	84.31
Jackson Whistle	\|		\|		\|		\|

Fans at the FlyDSA Arena were treated to a goal-fest in Sheffield on opening night, as the Steelers came from three down to record an 8-4 win over rivals Nottingham Panthers.

The visitors led by three after the first period thanks to an opener from ex-Steeler Mark Matheson just after seven minutes, and then Alexis Loiseau and Sam Herr both scored shorthanded goals that Pavel Kantor would definitely want to avoid.

Period two however was all about the Steelers' comeback, which happened in a little under ten minutes. Michael Davies got the Steelers on the board at 27:14, with Rob Dowd's rocket making it 3-2 at 32:04, and then Eric Meland tied the game at 36:48.

Herr put the Panthers back ahead early in the final period, but that was as good as it got for Tim Wallace's side. Martin St. Pierre, Aaron Johnson and Tanner Eberle all scored within three minutes of each other to put Sheffield 6-4 up with John Armstrong and James Bettauer adding the final two to secure the win.