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| 29 Feb 2020, 19:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast | |||||||
| Belfast Giants | 4-5 OT | Guildford Flames | |||||
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| Referees: -  |  Spectators: - | |||||||
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| 12:20 | | | away | | | PPG | | | 0-1 | | | Ben Davies (Jordan Rowley, Jamie Crooks) |
| 21:57 | | | away | | | | | 0-2 | | | Jamie Crooks (Brett Ferguson, Ben Davies) | |
| 27:31 | | | away | | | | | 0-3 | | | Jamie Crooks (John Dunbar, Brett Ferguson) | |
| 29:04 | | | home | | | | | 1-3 | | | Curtis Hamilton (Matt Pelech, Mark Garside) | |
| 32:20 | | | away | | | PPG | | | 1-4 | | | Ian Watters (Kruise Reddick, John Dunbar) |
| 47:05 | | | home | | | | | 2-4 | | | Jordan Smotherman (Brian Ward, Mark Garside) | |
| 49:39 | | | home | | | | | 3-4 | | | Patrick Mullen (Ben Lake, Brian Ward) | |
| 59:11 | | | home | | | | | 4-4 | | | Brian Ward (Patrick Mullen, Jordan Smotherman) | |
| 62:11 | | | away | | | | | 4-5 | | | John Dunbar (Braylon Shmyr) |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Farnham | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Mark Garside | | | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | ||
Curtis Hamilton | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | ||
Lewis Hook | | | | | | | | | 1 | |||
Ben Lake | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 1 | |
Curtis Leonard | | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | ||
Ciaran Long | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Ryan Lowney | | | | | | | | | -3 | |||
Liam Morgan | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Patrick Mullen | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
Elgin Pearce | | | | | | | | | ||||
Matt Pelech | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | ||
Kevin Raine | | | | | | | 4 | | | -1 | ||
Liam Reddox | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Jordan Smotherman | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 2 |
Paul Swindlehurst | | | | | | | | | ||||
Brian Ward | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Ackered | | | | | | | 2 | | | -2 | ||
Corbin Baldwin | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Jesse Craige | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Jamie Crooks | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 3 |
Ben Davies | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | |
John Dunbar | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | ||
Brett Ferguson | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 2 | |
Owen Griffiths | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Stephen Lee | | | | | | | | | ||||
Erik Lindhagen | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Jeremy Lundin | | | | | | | | | ||||
Kruise Reddick | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | -1 | |
Jordan Rowley | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | ||
Braylon Shmyr | | | | | 1 | | | | | |||
Joshua Waller | | | | | | | | | ||||
Ian Watters | | | 1 | | | | | 4 | | | -1 |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stephen Murphy | | | | | | | | | ||||
Shane Owen | | | 18 | | | 5 | | | 62:11 | | | 72.22 |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
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Travis Fullerton | | | | | | | | | ||||
Wouter Peeters | | | 37 | | | 4 | | | 62:11 | | | 89.19 |
Guildford Flames recorded their first-ever win in Belfast in part two of their doubleheader but did it the hard way after throwing away a three-goal lead late on at the SSE Arena.
Having gone down 7-3 24 hours earlier, Guildford needed only 12:20 to take the lead on Saturday night with Ben Davies’ accurate shot form the edge of the faceoff circle giving them the lead.
1:57 into period two Jamie Crooks was on hand at the top of the crease to put home Brett Ferguson's feed and double the Flames' lead. Things got better for the visitors at 27:31 when they capitalised on an offensive zone turnover from the Giants, and Ferguson again was the provider for Crooks to finish. Elgin Pearce tipped a Matt Pelech shot at 29:04 to get the Giants on the board, but Ian Watters put Guildford back three ahead just over three minutes later.
Jordan Smotherman's move from the side of the goal got the Giants back to within two at 47:05, and just over two minutes later Patrick Mullen capitalised on a loose puck to make it a one-goal game again. With Shane Owen pulled and on a powerplay the Giants' pressure eventually told as Brian Ward put home a rebound to level the game to the delight of the home crowd.
That joy was somewhat shortlived however. The Giants were guilty of over-committing during overtime and allowed Guildford to break 2-on-0, and nice passing from John Dunbar and Braylon Shmyr saw the former slot home from the latter's pinpoint pass.
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