San Jose Barracuda vs Calgary Wranglers on Wednesdy February 25th at Scotiabank Saddledone (via sjbarracuda)

By Madison Montez

On the first shot of the game, Patrick Giles scored a shorthanded goal to put the Barracuda up and give them an early 1-0 lead. This would be the first goal in San Jose’s 4-2 win.To extend their lead, Mattias Havelid scored his fourth of the season. 35 seconds after their powerplay started, Calgary cut San Jose’s lead in half to make it a 2-1 game. Aydar Suniev scoring his sixth powerplay goal of the season.

In his season debut, Calgary’s Ryan Chyzowski scored his first AHL goal this season to tie the game at 2-2. 22 seconds later, Oliver Wahlstrom retook San Jose’s lead with his nineteenth goal of the season. Extending their lead even further to 4-2 when Egor Afanasyev scored his eleventh goal of the season.

After the first period, San Jose outshot Calgary twelve to six. After the second period, San Jose outshot Calgary thirteen to nine. Lastly, after the third period, San Jose outshot Calgary again thirteen to nine.

Special teams were important in tonights game. Both teams took advantage of their special teams opportunities in tonights game. San Jose went 0 for 3 on the powerplay while Calgary went 1 for 4.

Gabriel Carriere got the start for San Jose tonight. Making 22 saves 24 on shots, Carriere recorded tonights win. Ivan Prosvetov got the start for Calgary tonight. Making 34 saves on 38 shots, Prosvetov recorded tonights loss.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Egor Afanasyev
2. Jimmy Huntington
3. Ryan Chyzowski

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday February 28th where they will host the Tucson Roadrunners for a one game series. The last time these two teams faced off was on Saturday January 17th where the Barracuda won 4-3 in overtime.