The Spruce Kings lost to the Trail Smoke Eaters 2-1 in Trail and during the first period there was no scoring.
Shots: 6-3 Trail
During the second period:
TRA: On a four-minute power-play, the top power-play unit of the Smoke Eaters were able to convert. Kent Johnson got a feed on the backdoor and fired it glove side on Jett Alexander to give the Smoke Eaters the lead. Johnson’s first of the playoffs comes from Chase Dafoe and Owen Ozar at 14:44 of the 2nd period.
Shots: 13-12 Prince George
Third Period:
PG: On the power-play the puck found the stick of Fin Williams in the blue paint and shovelled it by goaltender Logan Terness to tie the game at one. Williams power-play tally and first of the post-season came from Nick Bochen and Nick Poisson at 14:16 of the third.
Shots: 8-4 Prince George
Overtime:
TRA: 6:23 into overtime, Owen Ozar got the puck to his backhand and had great patience and ripped it past Jett Alexander to give the Smoke Eaters a 2-1 overtime win. The Ozar winner came from Kent Johnson and Phillippe Lapointe.
Final Score: Prince George 1 Trail 2 (OT)
Final Shots: Prince George 25 Trail 23
Jett Alexander: 21/23 Saves for Prince George (0-2)
Logan Terness: 24/25 Saves for Trail (2-0)
Prince George Power-Play: 1/3
Trail Power-Play: 1/3
Three Stars:
Owen Ozar (TRA 1 G)
Logan Terneess (TRA 25 Saves)
Jett Alexander (PG 21 Saves)
Fortis BC Energy Player of The Game:
Kent Johnson (TRA 1 G 1 A)
Next Spruce Kings Game: Monday night for Game 3 at the Rolling Mix Concrete Arena and Tuesday for Game 4.
Notes:
Trail leads the best of seven series 2-0
Jett Alexander gets stars in four straight starts
