Moose trample Senators

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The Manitoba Moose (6-6-0-0) claimed a 6-2 victory against the Belleville Senators (1-6-0-0) on Saturday afternoon at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ont. At 7:48 in the first period, Egor Sokolov cashed in on a rebound and gave Belleville the 1-0 lead. With just under five minutes remaining in the opening frame, Mark Kastelic found Cole Reinhardt posted in front of Moose netminder Mikhail Berdin however Berdin denied his attempt and kept the Moose within one.

With 6:27 gone in the second period on a five-on-three opportunity, Nathan Todd set up Ville Heinola who wound up for a slap-shot and tied the game a 1-1. Just under a minute later on another power play chance, Skyler McKenzie capitalized on a loose puck and gave the Moose the 2-1 lead. Just 10 seconds remaining before the clock expired in the second, David Gustafsson flipped a back-hand pass from the sidewall towards Nathan Todd who was rushing up the middle. Todd tipped Gustafsson’s pass out of the air and past Belleville’s netminder Filip Gustavsson for a 3-1 lead.

Manitoba struck again 3:32 into the third period on another Moose man-advantage as Jeff Malott collected on a rebound and improved Manitoba’s lead to a 4-1 count. Just under two minutes later, Hayden Shaw ripped a shot from the blue line that Malott redirected to score his second of the game. With 4:21 left in the period, Alex Formenton reduced the Moose lead to 5-2 with a power play goal for Belleville. With less than a minute remaining in the game, Haralds Egle sniped his first career AHL tally and marked Manitoba’s decisive 6-2 victory.

Statbook

  • Jeff Malott recorded an AHL career high four points (2G, 2A) during this afternoon’s contest, while also marking his first career multi-goal and multi-assist game.
  • Haralds Egle scored his first career AHL goal on a power play.
  • David Gustafsson marked his second career AHL multi-assist game (2A).
  • Nathan Todd recorded his second multi-point game of the 2020-21 season (1G, 1A).
  • At the conclusion of the game, Todd sat alone atop the AHL points leaderboard with 13 points (5G, 8A) on the season.