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| 28 Feb 2020, 19:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast | |||||||
| Belfast Giants | 7-3 | Guildford Flames | |||||
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| Referees: Pavel Halas/Stefan Hogarth  |  Spectators: 4225 | |||||||
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| 23:34 | | | away | | | | | 0-1 | | | Jamie Crooks (Ben Davies, Brett Ferguson) | |
| 28:07 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 1-1 | | | David Goodwin (Ciaran Long, Elgin Pearce) |
| 32:08 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 2-1 | | | Bobby Farnham (Elgin Pearce, David Goodwin) |
| 33:15 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 3-1 | | | Liam Morgan (Ben Lake, Jordan Smotherman) |
| 36:22 | | | home | | | | | 4-1 | | | Jordan Smotherman (Ben Lake, Brian Ward) | |
| 36:33 | | | home | | | | | 5-1 | | | Elgin Pearce (Kevin Raine, Curtis Hamilton) | |
| 49:08 | | | away | | | | | 5-2 | | | Ben Davies (Jamie Crooks, Brett Ferguson) | |
| 50:18 | | | away | | | | | 5-3 | | | Erik Lindhagen (Ian Watters, Corbin Baldwin) | |
| 53:06 | | | home | | | | | 6-3 | | | Liam Morgan (Ryan Lowney, Kevin Raine) | |
| 57:49 | | | home | | | | | 7-3 | | | Ryan Lowney (Ciaran Long, Bobby Farnham) |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Farnham | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | ||
Mark Garside | | | | | | | | | 1 | |||
David Goodwin | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
Curtis Hamilton | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | ||
Lewis Hook | | | | | | | | | ||||
Ben Lake | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | ||
Curtis Leonard | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Ciaran Long | | | | | 2 | | | | | |||
Ryan Lowney | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 2 |
Liam Morgan | | | 2 | | | | | | | -1 | ||
Patrick Mullen | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Elgin Pearce | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | |
Matt Pelech | | | | | | | 4 | | | |||
Kevin Raine | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | ||
Liam Reddox | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Jordan Smotherman | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
Paul Swindlehurst | | | | | | | | | ||||
Brian Ward | | | | | 1 | | | | | -1 |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan Abt | | | | | | | | | ||||
Carl Ackered | | | | | | | | | ||||
Corbin Baldwin | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||
Jesse Craige | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Jamie Crooks | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | ||
Ben Davies | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
John Dunbar | | | | | | | | | ||||
Brett Ferguson | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 1 | |
Owen Griffiths | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Stephen Lee | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
Erik Lindhagen | | | 1 | | | | | | | |||
Jeremy Lundin | | | | | | | | | ||||
Jordan Rowley | | | | | | | 2 | | | -2 | ||
Braylon Shmyr | | | | | | | 2 | | | -2 | ||
Joshua Waller | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Ian Watters | | | | | 1 | | | 4 | | | 1 |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stephen Murphy | | | 25 | | | 3 | | | 60:00 | | | 88.00 |
Shane Owen | | | | | | | | |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
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Travis Fullerton | | | 25 | | | 5 | | | 40:00 | | | 80.00 |
Wouter Peeters | | | 13 | | | 2 | | | 20:00 | | | 84.62 |
Five unanswered goals in the second period were the difference as Belfast overcame Guildford at the SSE Arena on Friday night.
After a scoreless opening period, the game burst into life in the middle frame with Guildford taking the lead 3:34 in through Jamie Crooks from close range. David Goodwin equalised at 28:07 on the powerplay before the Giants took full control of things with four goals in just over as many minutes. Bobby Farnham put the hosts ahead at 32:08, followed by Liam Morgan converting his own rebound at 33:15 - both goals on powerplays. Jordan Smotherman and Elgin Pearce then scored within 11 seconds of each other to make the score 5-1 after 40 minutes.
Goals 50 seconds apart from Ben Davies on the rush and then Erik Lindhagen on a change brought the Flames back to within two with just under ten minutes still to play. However, Liam Morgan's shot from the blueline through a screen put the Giants back at three ahead with 53:06 on the clock, and hard work from Farnham led to Ryan Lowney making it 7-3 with 2:11 to go.
The teams will meet again tomorrow night.
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