Two additional time video games in 24 hours and sadly for the Portland Winterhawks, the identical dropping consequence.
Everett Silvertips heart Julius Miettinen took a move behind Portland goalie Ondrej Stebetak and buried it within the web 5:46 into additional time and the Silvertips gained Recreation 2 of the Western Hockey League second-round playoff collection 4-3 on Saturday evening at Angel of the Wings Area in Everett.
The WHL regular-season champion Silvertips lead the best-of-seven collection 2-0 with Video games 3 and 4 arising at Portland the place Everett gained thrice within the common season.
Very like the 3-2 additional time loss in Recreation 1, the Winterhawks discovered an equalizing objective late within the third interval.
This time it was Kyle Chyzowski scoring his fifth objective of those playoffs with assists from Alex Weiermair and Tyson Jugnauth. It was the 18th level of the postseason (three targets, 15 assists) for Jugnauth, a 2022 fourth-round NHL draft decide of the Seattle Kraken.
However Portland had only one shot on objective in additional time, whereas Miettinen, a Kraken second-round 2024 draft decide, scored the winner on Everett’s seventh shot. The Silvertips outshot the Winterhawks 49-38 within the sport.
After Everett, enjoying its third consecutive additional time postseason sport, scored the primary objective of the sport within the first interval, Portland got here again with two targets within the second interval simply 2:35 aside.
Hudson Darby’s second objective of the playoffs with assists from Kyle McDonough and Ryder Thompson tied the sport at 1-1. Josh Zakreski adopted together with his fourth objective of the playoffs from Philadelphia Flyers’ 2023 fifth-round draft decide Carter Sotheran and Jordan Duguay.
Austin Roest evened issues up for Everett with a objective 2:19 into the third interval, and Dominik Rymon gave the Silvertips the 3-2 lead on a power-play objective.
It wouldn’t keep that means for lengthy as Chyzowski scored on a wrister from the slot with 7:23 to play in regulation.
Stebetak made 45 saves on 49 pictures for the Winterhawks.
Up subsequent
The collection strikes to Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland for Video games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each video games are scheduled for 7 p.m. and may be streamed without spending a dime on the Victory+ app.
