Barracuda pick up a point but fall 4-3 in OT

San Jose Barracuda vs Calgary Wranglers on Saturday February 21st at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE-San Jose Barracuda Oliver Wahllstrom kept his point streak going in the 4-3 loss to the Calgary Wranglers. At 6:23 of the first period, San Jose took their first lead of the game and made it 1-0 Barracuda. Calgary’s Daniil Miromanov tied the game at 1-1, just a minute and 41 seconds into the second period. Former San Jose Barracuda Nick Cicek with the secondary assist. Calgary took their first lead of the game when William Strömgren scored his ninth goal of the season.

Calgary extended their lead even further when Martin Frk scored his 19th goal of the season. Picking up a loose puck, Oliver Wahlstrom scored his second of the game and 18th of the season. Brendan Hoffman, who the Barracuda signed to a PTO, scored his first goal of the season to tie the game late in the third period at 3-3. Regulation wasn’t enough so the game went into an overtime period. 48 seconds in, William Strömgren scored his second of the game to get the 4-3 win.

After the first period, San Jose outshot Calgary 13-10. After the second period, where they took the lead, Calgary outshot San Jose 17-11, After the third period, Calgary outshot San Jose 14-12. To end the game, Calgary outshot San Jose 43-36.

Both teams got an early chance to show their powerplay units. Less than five minutes into the game, both teams had gone on the powerplay but both were unsuccessful. Coming into the game Saturday night, San Jose was first in the standings on the powerplay and Calgary was last. As a result, Calgary went 0-7 and San Jose went 2-5.

Laurent Brossoit got his third consecutive start for San Jose. Making 39 saves on 43 shots, Brossoit recorded Saturday night’s loss. For Calgary, Ivan Prosvetov got the start. Making 33 saves on 36 shots, Prosvetov recorded Saturday night’s win.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

William Strömgren
Oliver Wahlstrom
Ivan Prosvetov

The Barracuda will be back in action on Tuesday February 24th where they will visit Calgary to take on this same Wranglers team. This will be the first of the two game series played at Scotiabank Saddledome Arena.