By: Eric He

photo credit: San Jose Barracuda skate to a regulation in 4-3 in at Bakersfield on Friday night

Ben Smith scored with under two minutes to play in regulation to give the San Jose Barracuda a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Bakersfield Condors on the road on Friday night.

With the game tied 3-3, the Barracuda managed to keep the puck in the offensive zone, and Smith cleaned up a rebound from in close for the game-winning goal.

The Barracuda trailed 2-0 as the Condors notched the first two scores. Tyler Pitlick and Dillon Simpson lit the lamp early, but San Jose carried some momentum into the second period after Ryan Carpenter put them on the board with a late first period goal.

San Jose evened it at two goals apiece at the 7:53 mark of the second as John McCarthy re-directed one into the net, only to have Rob Klinkhammer finish a nice bang-bang play in front and give Bakersfield the lead five minutes later.

But the Barracuda responded, with Michael Haley firing in a wrist shot to tie the game up heading into the third period.

The Barracuda wound up outshooting the Condors 34-24 as Aaron Dell recorded 21 saves.

Next up, San Jose will play the San Diego Gulls on the road Saturday night.