By: Eric He

Peter Budaj is a veteran of nearly 300 NHL games, and the goaltender is still going strong, even if it’s in the minors.

Now with the Ontario Reign of the AHL, the 33-year old Budaj posted a shutout of the San Jose Barracuda, as San Jose fell 3-0 on the road Saturday night.

The Barracuda drop to 2-3-0-1, while the Reign remain unbeaten at 5-0-0-0.

Down 1-0 in the third period, the Barracuda allowed Reign rookie Adrian Kempe to score on the power play at 4:12 to double Ontario’s advantage. Michael Mersch added an empty net goal to seal the 3-0 victory.

This came despite San Jose putting nine shots on goal in the third. It also outshot Ontario 10-9 in a scoreless second period, but could not get one past Budaj, who made 24 saves in all.

Ontario got on the board with the lone goal of the first when Andrew Crescenzi converted on a rebound.

The Barracuda have not scored in eight straight periods, and they also went 0-for-5 on the power play on Saturday.

Aaron Dell replaced Troy Groesnick in net at the start of the second period after Groesnick sustained an injury in the first.