P-Bruins lose to Phantoms in shootout
10:22 PM EST on Saturday, February 28, 2009
PHILADELPHIA Claude Giroux goal in the eighth round of the shootout gave the Philadelphia Phantoms a 4-3 victory over the Providence Bruins Saturday night at the Wachovia Spectrum.
The P-Bruins got their goals in regulation from Wacey Rabbit, Jordan Knackstedt and Brad Marchand.
In the shootout, Martin St. Pierre and Jeremy Reich scored for Providence.
The first-place P-Bruins continue their eight-game road trip today against the Bears at Hershey, Pa., at 5:05 p.m.
In the opening period, the Phantoms took a 1-0 lead at the 5:05 mark. Patrick Maroon netted his 21st goal of the season, while David Laliberte and Jonathan Matsumoto recorded the assists.
Providence tied the game at the 5:39 mark. Adam McQuaid took a shot from the right point and the puck was deflected to Reich along the right boards. He found Rabbit in front of the net, and Rabbit tallied his 11th goal of the season.
Philadelphia regained the lead at the 12:40 mark. Jonathon Kalinski scored his fourth goal of the season, with Sean Curry, the former P-Bruin, getting an assist.
Providence tied it again at the 15:08 mark. Matt Marquardt sent the puck to the right point for Johnny Boychuk, who skated down the boards and sent the puck toward the net. Knackstedt tipped it in for his ninth goal of the season.
After a scoreless second period, Philadelphia scored a power-play goal at the 1:03 mark of the third period to gain the advantage again. Matsumoto scored his 21st goal of the season, with Maroon and Lasse Kukkonen getting assists.
Providence tied the game at 3-3 at the 8:08 mark. Boychuk put the puck toward the net and Marchand picked it up and scored his 15th goal of the season.
After a scoreless overtime, the game went into a shootout. In Round One, St. Pierre scored to give the P-Bruins the advantage, but it was quickly tied up on a goal by Matsumoto. After Reich put the P-Bruins ahead with a goal in Round Three, Laliberte tied the shootout in Round Four. After no one scored in the next three rounds, the Phantoms took the lead for good in Round Eight.
Kevin Regan stopped 36 of 39 shots in regulation and 5 of 8 in the shootout for the P-Bruins while Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 31 saves in regulation and stopped 6 of 8 shots in the shootout for the Phantoms.
The P-Bruins were 0-for-5 on the power play and 5-for-6 on the penalty-kill.
After hitting the road for six more games, the P-Bruins return to the Dunkin Donuts Center on Friday, March 13, against the Portland Pirates.
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