Charlotte’s rematch with Cleveland was a wild, high-scoring affair, but one that slipped past the Checkers in the end for a 6-5 overtime loss.
The Monsters were once again the first team to find the back of the net and start a back-and-forth offensive battle. The two sides entered the first intermission deadlocked at two, then progressed to a 3-3 tie after 40 minutes of play.
It was a pair of strikes early on in the third that pushed the home side firmly ahead, as Kole Lind extended his scoring streak to seven games with a power-play tally and Cole Schwindt followed it up with a strike just 17 seconds later.
The Monsters would find a spark down the stretch, however, netting a pair of goals over a two minute stretch to draw things back even and force overtime. The overtime featured up-and-down action and plenty of close calls on both sides, but with eight seconds on the clock Thomas Schemitsch snuck one across the goal and clinched two points for the visiting Monsters.
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