San Jose Barracuda vs Ontario Reign on Saturday December 27th at Tech CU Arena (via flickr/sjbarracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–Aatu Jämeson got the Ontario Reign on the board first, scoring his fifth of the season after picking up a loose puck and sneaking it past Jakub Skarek. Andre Lee beat Skarek on his glove side to extend Ontario’s lead to 2-0 at 3:47 of the third. To seal the win, Nikita Alexandorov scored an empty net goal to extend their lead to 3-0.

Going up 1-0 into the first intermission, Ontario outshot San Jose 9-8. After the second period, San Jose outshot Ontario thirteen to seven but weren’t able to score. After the third period, San Jose outshot Ontario 11-5.

San Jose was the first to show their powerplay units. They had three opportunities but weren’t able to capitalize. Ontario had two chances but also weren’t able to capitalize. Coming into tonight’s game, San Jose had a 27.4% on the powerplay and 73.7% on the penalty kill. For Ontario, they came into Saturday night’s game 18.1% on the powerplay and 79.5% on the penalty kill.

Jakub Skarek got the start for San Jose. Skarek, who is coming off of a win against this same Ontario team, recorded his fourth loss. With the loss, his record now moves to 10-4-0-1. Isaiah Saville got the start for Ontario. Saville who is coming off of a loss against this San Jose team, recorded his fifth win. Making 32 saves on 32 shots, his record now moves to 5-1-1-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Isaiah Saville
2. Aatu Jameson
3. Andre Lee

The Barracuda will be back in action on New Years Eve in Ontario, wrapping up 2025. This will be the last meeting between these two teams until next season.