Texas earned their first power play nine minutes into the opening frame and capitalized. Tristan Bertucci found Arttu Hyry at the goal line, which fed Matthew Seminoff in the slot. Seminoff shot the ball in and opened the scoring. This marked the fourth time in the last five games that the Stars have scored first.
Seminoff doubled the Stars’ lead on the man advantage two minutes into the middle frame. Cameron Hughes skated behind Magnus Chrona’s net and made a pass in front that Hyry couldn’t handle, but Seminoff was there to bury it.
With eight minutes left in the second period, Cole O’Hara found the puck in the slot through a slew of skaters and fired a shot into the net to put the Admirals on the board.
In the first two minutes of the third period, Texas struggled to clear their defensive zone. Reid Schaefer took advantage and found just enough space between the post and Remi Poirier to tie the game at 2-2. Josh Davies gave the Admirals their first lead of the game on a wrist shot from the right circle just 3:05 after Schaefer’s marker.
Texas responded two minutes later during a four-on-four skate as Trey Taylor sprinted down the left wing and found space above Chrona’s left shoulder for the equalizer.
The rest of the third period went without a goal, so the team needed overtime. In the final minute of the extra session, Ryan Ufko was left all alone in the slot, but Poirier gloved his game-winning bid.
Without a goal during the five-minute extra period, the match ended in a shootout. The breakaway relay lasted six laps, true Ayrton Martino sealed the win for the Stars.
Poirier had 25 saves in the win and stopped five of six in the shootout, while Chrona stopped 25 shots in the shootout loss.
The two teams meet again Friday night at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena at 7 p.m. See all the action AHL TV on FloHockey.
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Photo credit: Milwaukee Admirals
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