photo from sjbarracuda.com: San Jose Barracuda Rourke Chartier (60) center is sandwiched fighting for the puck between the Bakersfield Condors Dillion Simpson (3) and Ethan Bear (24) during Friday night’s contest at Rabonbank Arena in Bakersfield

By Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda (22-22-3-3) are continuing their slippery downfall after the Bakersfield Condors (21-20-7-1) scored three power play goals to power their way to a 4-1 victory Friday evening at Rabobank Arena. It was the fourth consecutive loss and eight out of their last nine games for the Cuda.

The Condors drew first blood at the 16:05 mark of the first period when Ty Rattie found Zach O’Brien in the slot after slipping a zone-entry check and O’Brien snapped a shot under Cuda Antoine Bibeau’s (14-11-2) left arm for his fourth goal on the season.

Alex True tied the game at 1-1 just 17 seconds into the second period when Radim Simek won a one-on-three battle behind the Condors net before centering a pass to True, who snapped a shot in from the low slot past Condor goalie Laurent Brossoit (6-4-2).

Bakersfield would recapture its lead on the power play as Grayson Downing fired a shot past Bibeau from close range along the left side and then at the 19:09 mark for his third goal of the season. Brad Malone deflected the Condors’ third goal of the night through the five-hole of Bibeau just 12 seconds into Bakersfield’s fifth man-advantage for his 13th goal of the season.

In the third period, Josh Currie would ice the game for the Condors when scored his 14th goal of the season on the team’s eighth power play at the 13:19 mark thanks to a Barracuda failure to clear a rebound from the low slot.

Bibeau suffered the loss after allowing four goals on 37 shots. Brossoit collected the win by making 20 saves on 21 shots.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 0/3 on the power play, while Bakersfield went 3/8.

San Jose went 0-3-1 on their four game road trip. The announced attendance was 4,591.

UP NEXT: The Barracuda come back to SAP Center next Friday 3/2 when they host the Bakersfield Condors at 11 am PT.