Stephen Halliday led the way with four points, but a third period comeback by the Belleville Senators to force overtime culminated in a 5-4 overtime loss at the hands of the visiting Laval Rocket on Saturday night at CAA Arena.
The overtime loss caps off the team’s record at 34-27-6-5.
Laval tallied twice in the first period on a backdoor one-timer by Owen Beck at 6:48 and a net front tip by Florian Xhekaj at 18:44, outshooting the Sens 16-9 in the frame.
The visitors extended the lead to 3-0 in the second just 4:20 in on a power play goal by Luke Tuch. But the Sens began to claw back, first with power play goals by Garrett Pilon at 9:22 on a mid-air rebound, and by Cole Reinhardt at 11:46 on a tip of a Halliday shot to cut the deficit to two. But a point shot blast by Noel Hoefenmayer with 30 seconds left in the middle frame gave Laval the 4-2 lead.
In the third, it was back to back goals by Halliday in the span of just 37 seconds that forced the extra frame. The first came on a long shot from the half wall with just 1:28 left, and the second off a perfect Pilon setup at 19:09 to draw the game even at 4-4, capping off a dominant period for the Sens in which they outshot the Rocket 9-2.
However, Xhekaj ended the game with 1:52 left in overtime when he fired a shot in off the rush to give Laval the 5-4 win.
You can see tonight’s complete box score by clicking here.
Fast Facts:
- Laval outshot the Senators 32-31 in the game
- The Sens went 3 for 5 on the Lifestyle Home Products Power Play and 2 for 3 on the Viewtech Window & Door Penalty Kill
- #4 Jeremy Davies scored three assists, giving him 37 on the season
- #20 Philippe Daoust scored his 16th assist of the season
- #22 Garrett Pilon scored his 11th goal and 37th assist of the season, giving him a new AHL career high with 48 points
- #23 Cole Reinhardt scored his 14th goal and 18th assist of the season
- #30 Malcolm Subban stopped 27 of 32 shots
- #34 Stephen Halliday scored his 18th and 19th goals of the season, and his 31st and 32nd assists of the season
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