Currie retains Condors alive in Sport 5 thriller | TheAHL.com

Josh Currie scored 13:02 into the second extra time interval to offer Bakersfield a season-saving 2-1 win over San Diego in Sport 5 of what’s turning into a basic Pacific Division Finals collection on Saturday evening.The Gulls nonetheless maintain a Three-2 lead within the collection, and can host Sport 6 on Monday evening.Off a faceoff from the right-wing circle, Caleb Jones despatched a move down the wall to Tyler Benson, who discovered Currie within the slot for the successful aim.Josh Currie. Ballgame. #BAKvsSD pic.twitter.com/0Wiuk3figJ— AHL (@TheAHL) Might 12, 2019The sport ended at 11:01 p.m. PDT after three hours and 50 minutes, and was the third extra time contest (and second multi-OT sport) of the collection.Bakersfield managed the play early and took a 1-Zero lead on an influence play at 9:30 of the primary interval, as Joe Gambardella deflected house some extent shot from Evan Bouchard for his fifth aim of the collection and sixth of the postseason.Kevin Roy tied the sport for the Gulls on the 10:44 mark, ending a tic-tac-toe passing play off a rush with Corey Tropp and Sam Metal. It was Roy’s second aim within the final two video games.There was no additional scoring by way of the remainder of regulation and greater than 33 minutes of thrilling OT motion, which noticed quite a few possibilities on each side.Stuart Skinner, making his first begin of the postseason after approaching in aid in each Sport Three and Sport four of the collection, made 45 saves for the Condors.Jeff Glass turned apart 42 of 44 pictures for the Gulls.Closing pictures on aim within the sport have been 46-44 in favor of San Diego, together with 21-20 in sudden-death.Pacific Division Finals – Sequence “L” (best-of-7)P1-Bakersfield Condors vs. P3-San Diego GullsGame 1 – Fri., Might Three – San Diego Three, BAKERSFIELD 2 (4OT) | Recap/HighlightsGame 2 – Sat., Might four – San Diego four, BAKERSFIELD 1 | Recap/HighlightsGame Three – Wed., Might eight – Bakersfield 7, SAN DIEGO 6 (OT) | Recap/HighlightsGame four – Fri., Might 10 – SAN DIEGO four, Bakersfield 2 | Recap/HighlightsGame 5 – Sat., Might 11 – BAKERSFIELD 2, San Diego 1 (2OT)Sport 6 – Mon., Might 13 – Bakersfield at San Diego, 10:00*Sport 7 – Wed., Might 15 – San Diego at Bakersfield, 10:00*if essential… All instances Jap