12 Mar 2023, 18:00 | Regular season | Guildford Spectrum |
Guildford Flames | 1-4 | Sheffield Steelers |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (12-18) | 0-2 (13-17) | 1-2 (18-13) | Total: 43-48 |
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Referees: Pering/Liam Sewell  |  Spectators: 1865 |
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Goals and assists
A night after their own hopes of the Viaplay Elite League title
slipped further away, Sheffield Steelers put a big dent in Guildford
Flames' dreams of lifting the same trophy with a well-deserved 4-1
victory at the Spectrum.
The visitors threw 18 shots at Eamon
McAdam in the opening period which ended goalless thanks to the efforts
of him and Matt Greenfield at the other end.
In period two, the
Steelers continued to have extended offensive zone time and eventually
found the breakthrough through Marc-Olivier Vallerand at 34:36 with a
shot that was bundled over the line.
Just shy of four minutes later, Breutt Neumann ensured the visitors would go into the second break with a two-goal lead.
Brett
Ferguson threw a stick at a rebound from a Bradley Lalonde shot to get
the Flames back to within one 4:40 into period three, after which the
Flames piled the pressure on Greenfield's net. The hosts, however, were
undone by a slick Steelers odd-man rush which saw Brendan Connolly set
up Evan Mosey in the slot to fire home and put Sheffield 3-1 ahead at
53:02.
Connolly hit the empty net with 62 seconds remaining to finish the job for Aaron Fox's team.