San Jose Barracuda vs Texas Stars on Wednesday March 25th at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- Texas opened up the scoring to make it 1-0 with Jack Becker scoring his 13th goal of the season. This would be the second goal that Texas scores in San Jose’s 3-2 loss. To tie it up 1-1, 18 seconds later, Colin White netted his fifth powerplay goal of the season. Oliver Wahlstrom registering the primary assist and Luca Cagnoni registering the secondary assist.

To take their first lead of the game, San Jose’s Egor Afanasyev scored his 13th goal of the season to make it a 2-1 San Jose game. Jimmy Huntington recording the lone assist. To tie the game at 2-2, right off the faceoff, Luke Krys scored his fifth goal of the season. With three minutes left in the third, Texas regained their previous lead. Kole Lind with his 11th goal of the season.

After the first period, shots were even a piece at 16. After the second period Texas outshot San Jose, 11-7. After the third period, San Jose outshot Texas 13-7.

Coming into Wednesday night’s game, San Jose was second on the powerplay and third shorthanded in the Pacific Division. San Jose went 1/4. For Texas, who are in the Central Division, was fifth on the powerplay and last shorthanded. Wednesday night, Texas went 0/6.

Returning back to the Barracuda after his short stint with the Sharks in the NHL, Laurent Brossoit was the starting goaltender for the Barracuda. Making 31 saves on 34 shots, Brossoit recorded Wednesday night’s loss. For Texas, Rémi Poirier got the start. Making 31 saves on 33 shots, Poirier recorded Wednesday night’s win.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Jack Becker
2. Kole Lind
3. Egor Afanasyev

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday March 28th where they will visit the Coachella Valley Firebirds in Palm Desert. The last time these two teams faced off was on Wednesday March 18th where the Barracuda pulled out a 5-1 win.