Silvertips take Game 3 to start Prince Albert home stand

The second period started with some 4-on-4 that ended with 10 seconds of Silvertips powerplay, but the Raiders spent that 10 seconds in the offensive zone and soon it lead to a goal. At the 1:59 mark, Maddix McCagherty entered the zone and stopped inside the left side blueline to wait for the play to catch up. He sent the puck down low into the left corner where Justice Christensen crashed in, circled back up the left wall, then turned and fired. Ben Harvey had his stick in the right place for a perfect tip, and Harvey had given the Raiders the lead with his fourth of the playoffs.

From there though the Silvertips started to slowly take over the period, and just as it looked like the Raiders were starting to find their groove again, the Silvertips came back the other way and tied it. The puck was dumped in around the boards and came back to defenceman Mattias Uyeda at the left point, and he sent it across to the right for Luke Vlooswyk. He took one step back, then fired around a screen and the puck hit the back of the net before anyone could react at 18:07.

After 2: Raiders 2 – 2 Silvertips, shots 15-5 Silvertips, 23-13 Silvertips overall

The third period saw the Raiders start down 5-on-3 for a 1:08 with two defencemen in the box, but they managed to kill it off. They failed to capitalize on the momentum even with two powerplays in the middle of the period, and eventually Everett finally broke through.

That lead to a wild finish.

As the Raiders were trying to tie the game, Benett Kelly was called for tripping. That put the Raiders down a man for the final 1:51 remaining in the game, and the Silvertips used that extra man to play keepaway. After a Raiders defender stepped up to desperately try to take a pass away, it sprung Shea Busch on a breakaway, but Michal Orsulak stopped it. Zack Shantz picked up the rebound and tried to wrap it around the other way, but Michal Orsulak made the save of the playoffs to kick his right foot out and hold the puck against the right side post.

That lead to a rush the other way, and Aiden Oiring was tripped. With 14.5 seconds left, the Raiders had an offensive zone faceoff 5-on-4 with the goaltender pulled to try and tie the game. The Raiders worked the puck back and forth as the Silvertips pressured, not allowing for an easy shot, but the Raiders finally found Riley Boychuk with time and space for a onetimer just before the clock hit zero, but his shot missed as he tried to avoid a sliding block, and the Silvertips had taken Game 3.

FINAL: Raiders 2 – 3 Silvertips, shots 21-8 Silvertips, 44-20 Silvertips overall

The Raiders will host the Silvertips for Game 4 on Wednesday, puck drops at 7:30 at the Art Hauser Centre.

by Nick Nielsen

Silvertips take Game 3 to start Prince Albert home stand

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