By: Eric He

sjbarracuda.com photo: San Jose Barracuda Ryan Carpenter (40) works on offense against the Texas Stars.  The Barracuda Timo Meier scored his first pro goal Saturday night which proved to be the game winner at Cedar Park TX

The San Jose Barracuda scored four goals in the third period in a high-scoring affair to beat the Texas Stars 8-5 on the road on Saturday.

The Barracuda went into the third period trailing 5-4 after starting goaltender Mantas Airmails allowed five goals on 21 shots. Troy Gosenick, however, replaced Armalis in the third period and stop all four shots he saved.

Julius Bergman tied the game at 5-5 early in the period and then Timo Meier gave the Barracuda a 6-5 lead on a deflection. A pair of empty net goals put th game away for San Jose.

Seven of the game’s 13 goals were scored in the third period. With the game tied 1-1 entering the second, the two teams traded goals at a furious pace, with the Stars grabbing a one-goal lead at the end of 40 minutes.

The Barracuda received goals from seven different players, with Tim Heed scoring twice.

San Jose splits the two-game set with Texas and will next head to San Antonio to play the Rampage on Tuesday.