Anthony Vincent (76) and Justin Bailey (90) congratulate Andrew Poturalski (22) after shooting the winning shootout goal against the Toronto Marlies at the Coca Cola Coliseum in Toronto on Sun Nov 24, 2024 (Toronto Marlies photo)

By Madison Montez

In his season debut, Gabriel Carriere records his first win making 31 saves on 31 shots and denying both players in the shootout. The San Jose Barracuda split the two game series with the Toronto Marlies. The Barracuda taking the second game on Sunday 2-1 in a shootout at Coca Cola Arena in Toronto.

San Jose was the first to go on the powerplay at 8:51 of the 1st after Roni Hirvonen took a holding penalty but couldn’t take advantage. Toronto then got their powerplay opportunity when Lucas Vanroboys took a seat for tripping. John McCarthy’s key to the game today was to get pucks to the net and the Barracuda did so outshooting Toronto 6-3 although being scoreless after the 1st.

The Barracuda went on the penalty kill early 37 seconds in when Ethan Cardwell took a tripping penalty. Toronto couldn’t take advantage of that and went on the penalty kill two minutes later when Robert Mastrosimone took a tripping penalty. With nine seconds left, Sam Stevens opens up the scoring in back to back games to give Toronto the lead. Toronto outshot San Jose 13-8 in the second so there’s no doubt one of those would go in.

seven seconds into the Barracuda’s fifth powerplay, Danil Guschin scored his third goal of the season tying the game at 1-1 in the third assisted by Luca Cagnoni and Filip Bystedt.

Regulation and overtime wasn’t enough and the game went to a shootout. First to shoot for the Marlies was Braeden Kressler who was denied. The Barracuda called upon Danil Guschin and he scored. The Marlies then sent out Logan Shaw who was also denied. With the opportunity to win it for the Barracuda, John McCarthy called upon Alternate Captain Andrew Poturalski who scored on a backhand shot.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Gabriel Carriere: 31 SVs on 31 SOs
2. Danil Guschin: 2 G’s
3. Matt Murray: 27 SVs on 26 SOs

The San Jose Barracuda will be back at home on the 29th for a 2 game series against the Abbotsford Canucks. The last time these 2 teams faced off was on February 24th where the Barracuda fell 5-2 with Magnus Chrona recording the loss.