Talk about getting a coupla quick ones.
The power-play streak had hit 30; they have been maybe too fancy, said Jamie Fraser, goal-scoring machine. They had the edge on the shots board, though I don’t think you’d say they were dominating San Antonio by that kind of margin. Still, they were trailing, 3-1, and it felt like how many other games lately.
“It’s tough, but every team goes through it,” Fraser said. “You’ve got to stay positive. … (on the power play), it’s the same thing: Just keep doing what we’ve had success with already. When you stop getting chances, that’s when you have to worry.”
Chance 1: Packard draw, Morency puts it back, Packard goes to the net, Fraser shoots: goal.
Chance 2: Colliton draw, Wotton to Iggulden to Colliton on the right, the path to Joensuu is closed off, so he goes to the backhand: goal.
Boy, it looks so easy when they go in, doesn’t it?
That 5:54 of failed power-play time early in the second, it gets a little lost with the comeback, but it could’ve been a deal-breaker. They got six shots on the double minor, then nothing except Fraser’s ringer off the post to end the next minor.
“I thought the bench was great tonight,” Capuano said. “Wotton, Fritzy, Pascal, there was great energy tonight from our guys.”
It translated to the scoreboard this time, and they’re back in third place.
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The 0-for-30 was the third-longest in team history.
Was Kohn’s first fight since early in his last year of junior.
Bingo almost came back but lost to Albany. The bonus round took nine rounds in Lowell for Philly to win and keep pace.
That Kinasewich/AHL deal/Lake Erie transaction appears to have been a typo, because he’s now in Hamilton on a PTO. He had an assist tonight in a win at Hershey.
Lindsay Kramer gets Brandon Sugden’s thoughts on his old buddy Sean Avery’s arrival in Hartford.
Kip Brennan is out for a bit. More time for his reality-TV career, perhaps.
And just for fun while this stretch of 20 games in 17 days goes on: MARCH OF DOOM WATCH (or, Who’ll Be Left Standing March 16?)
Games/days down: 4/6
Games/days to go: 12/20, 16/27, 19/32
Record so far: 2-2-0-0