San Diego moved a step closer to the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs with a 4-2 victory over San Jose in Game 3 of their Pacific Division semifinal series on Monday night.
With a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series, the Gulls can eliminate the Barracuda with another victory in Game 4 on Wednesday.
San Jose scored first for the third consecutive game as Jon Martin netted his second goal of the series just 2:48 into the contest.
But the Gulls answered as Sam Steel buried a pass from Sam Carrick with 38.2 seconds left in the opening period, and then took the lead on Ben Street‘s power-play goal 3:41 into the second.
Chase De Leo made it 3-1 with 3:13 left in the middle frame, finishing off a two-on-one rush with Justin Kloos for his third goal of the series.
Martin banged home a bouncing puck less than two minutes later to cut the deficit to 3-2 with his second goal of the night.
The Barracuda could get no closer, with San Diego hanging on to the one-goal cushion until Adam Cracknell scored an empty-net goal with 57.3 seconds left in regulation.
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