02 Mar 2024, 19:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast |
Belfast Giants | 5-3 | Coventry Blaze |
Periods: Shots: | 2-2 (8-4) | 2-1 (11-7) | 1-0 (7-8) | Total: 26-19 |
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Referees: #25 Andy Dalton (UK)/#90 Vytas Lukosevicius (LTU)  |  Spectators: 7286 |
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Goals and assists
Belfast Giants secured their second win over Coventry Blaze in as
many nights with a 5-3 win on Saturday night in front of 7,286 fans at
the SSE Arena.
Four goals in the opening 20 minutes had the teams
locked in at 2-2 after the first period. Danny Kristo's pass in front
found Kobe Roth to open the scoring at 2:31, putting the Blaze in front.
Will Cullen intercepted the puck in the neutral zone to skate clean
through on Nolan Kent and finish nicely to tie the game five minutes
later, but Kristo and Roth combined again to put the Blaze back ahead at
9:43. Cullen slapped home a David Goodwin pass to tie the game at
19:19.
Blake Speers put the Giants ahead 94 seconds into period
two with a shot high over Kent off a nice interchange with Ara Nazarian,
but this time the Blaze pegged them back with Ian McNulty tapping home
Kristo's feed into the slot. Coventry turning the puck over in front of
their own net allowed Bobby MacIntyre to put the Giants back ahead just
under four minutes from the end of the period.
Ben Lake scored
shorthanded at 47:40to give the Blaze a very uphill task heading into
the closing stages of the game. They pulled Kent for the final 2:02 but
without success, and the Giants took another win.