INDEPENDENCE, MO – The Kansas City Mavericks scored 5 unanswered goals over the last 22 minutes of regulation to defeat the Utah Grizzlies 5-2 on Friday night at Cable Dahmer Arena.
Neither team scored in the first period as both teams had two power plays in the frame. Utah got on the board first as Garrett Johnston scored his 2nd of the year 2:07 into the second period. Just 28 seconds later, Ty Lewis made it 2-0 as he got his 8th goal of the campaign. It stayed a 2-0 Utah lead until Adam Brady scored 18:03 into the 2nd as he scored on a wrist shot in the left circle for his 15th of the year. Then 23 seconds later it was tied after Bryan Lemos scored from out in front of the net.
Kansas City took a 3-2 lead after Lane Scheidl redirected a Derek Angeli shot 10:58 into the third. Only 26 seconds later, Jared VanWormer made it 4-2. One minute 18 seconds later, Brady scored his 2nd of the game and Kansas City took a 5-2 lead as they won by that margin for the 2nd straight night.
Utah went 0-for-5 on the power play, while Kansas City went 0-for-4. Utah is 26-for-26 on the penalty kill over the last 8 games.
The series finale is on Saturday night at 6:05 p.m. Utah is 13-2-0-1 in the 3rd game of a series. Face-off is at 6:05 pm and can be heard on Mixlr and seen on FloSports. Utah hosts Fort Wayne for the final 3 games of the regular season on June 2nd, 4th and 5th.
3 stars: 1. Lane Scheidl (KC) – 1 goal, 1 assist, plus-4; 2. Adam Brady (KC) – 2 goals, 2 assists, plus-4; 3. Bryan Lemos (KC) – 1 goal, 2 assists, plus-3.
With Utah game report
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