In a battle between the league’s top two teams, it was the Checkers who emerged victorious, notching a 4-1 win over the Rochester Americans.
Alex Nedeljkovic put on a show, pulling off several highlight denials, finishing the night with 28 saves and nearly securing his second consecutive shutout. The Amerks finally broke through, however, in the final 72 seconds while on a two-man advantage, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Checkers’ initial push.
Martin Necas finished off a slick feed from linemate Tomas Jurco midway through the first to open the scoring, then Aleksi Saarela roofed a quick one-timer from the slot on the power play to double the Charlotte lead heading into the first intermission.
Patrick Brown added a tally early on in the middle frame to push Charlotte further ahead and they didn’t look back from there. The captain found the empty net in the waning moments of regulation and clinched the decisive 4-1 win.
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