The Fife Flyers used their powerplay to beat the Genting Casino Coventry Blaze 5-2 in the Elite League on Saturday.
After beating the Elite League title chasing Cardiff Devils at home on Wednesday, Blaze coach Danny Stewart opted to keep the same line-up.
Blaze started brightly in the early going and went ahead on the powerplay at 3.55 when Flyers’ defenceman Aleksi Makela was assessed a 2+2 minor penalty.
Danny Kristo made a perfect pass to the back post to record his 23rd assist of the season and 36th point, and Ian McNulty had the tap-in goal which was his 17th of the campaign and team leading 44th point.
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Fighting for their playoff lives, the Flyers responded well and were level at 11.14 when their top point producers combined to make it 1-1.
Troy Lajeunesse was the provider for Kyle Osterberg who finished well on a breakaway past Taran Kozun.
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Neither side were able to generate any more offence in the opening twenty minutes and the first period ended even.
Just ahead of the mid-way point Fife’s powerplay came alive and after some quick puck movement, Max Humitz fired into the Blaze goal from in-front to give the home side a 2-1 lead.
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With 2.28 remaining in the second, Humitz scored again on the powerplay, taking just four seconds on a Coventry penalty to make it 3-1.
Blaze got themselves back into the game at 43.13 when Captain Brady Norrish hammered a shot past Shane Owen in the Flyers goal to record his 11th of the season and make it 3-2.
Coventry’s joy was short-lived as Lajeunesse and Osterberg again combined to restore Fife’s two-goal lead on 45.20.
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With the clocking ticking down, any chance of a Blaze comeback was ended when Teemu Pulkkinen scored Fife’s third powerplay goal of the night on a 5-on-3 to end the scoring 5-2 with 3.53 remaining.
Photo credit: Flyers Images