QUEBEC CITY, P.Q. —Trailing by three, 3-0, and completely dominated in the opening period Quebec scored three goals in the third period to finally sign a 4-3 win in overtime on defenseman Aaron Dutra third goal of the season after hard work from veteran center Alexandre Sills behind Sherbrooke net. Dutra one-timer left no chance to Phoenix netminder who has been beaten over his left shoulder.
Beaten three times on fifteen shots in first period Quebec head coach Philippe Boucher pulled his starting goaltender Callum Booth sending Evgeny Kiselev in to begin the second period. Being perfect on the next 28 shots he faced including the overtime the Russian netminder kept his team in the game giving Quebec a chance to come from behind.
Playing better in the middle frame, Quebec scored their first goal with less than two minutes gone in third periods scoring two more goals to bring both teams to square one forcing the overtime.
Losing 11 of their last 12 games, their last five games Quebec completed the come from behind win with Dutra goal his third of the year to end losing skip to five games with 4-3 wins.
Showing best power play unit overall in QMJHL with 26.3 percent efficiency with a man up Sherbrooke opened the scoring on first power play opportunity with Quebec defenseman Austin McEneney found guilty of hooking 1:20 into the opening period.
Sherbrooke left winger Nicolas Poulin redirect a shot from defenseman Julien Bahl beating Quebec goaltender Callum Booth on his left side at 2:53.
Frustration showed on Quebec team with two fights in short span. First one was between Sherbrooke forward Travor Stacy and Quebec Yanick Turcotte no winner. Less than three minute later Quebec defenseman Ross McDougall dropped his gloves against Chad Pietronero advantage Pietronero.
Dominating 11-1 in shots on goal Phoenix take two goal leads with left winger Julien Pelletier scoring his 23rd of the regular season when his wrist shot beat Quebec netminder high on right side at 11:10.
Sherbrroke adds a third goal to their lead as Kay Shweri shot deflected on Quebec center Bronson Beaton before going in with 4:02 remaining in the first period.
Leading 3-0 after first twenty minutes, Sherbrooke goaltender Charles Poirier-Turcot only faced 5 shots making his save against Quebec center Auguste Impose on breakaway. Sherbrooke scored three times on fifteen shots.
Claimed on waver from Baie-Comeau Playing his four games with Quebec, his 23rd in regular season Evgeny Kiselev 1 victory 17 loses showing 4,56 goal against average with .868 save percentage entered the game to begin the second period, replacing Callum Booth who allowed three goals on fifteen shots.
Still dominating their opponent in second period Sherbrroke shot 17 times on Kiselev but fortunately for Quebec head coach Philippe Boucher his netminder has been perfect blocking all of them to keep the score 3-0 Phoenix. Shots on net were 17-9 in middle frame, 32-14 for home team after forty minutes of play.
Offering better opposition in second period, Quebec broke through with their first goal of the game with only 1:36 gone in third periods. Playing his 300th game in the QMJHL veteran center Bronson Beaton scored his 24th goal of the season his 53rd points of the season tying his former teammate Dmytro Timashov traded to Shawinigan as scoring leader on the team.
Quebec center Alexandre Sills on rebound from Olivier Garneau shot pushed the puck between Poirier-Turcot’s pads for visitor’s second goal cutiing Sherbrooke leads to only one goal at 6:41.
Quebec right winger Auguste Impose completed the come from behind tying the scores 3-3 with his 13 of the regular season redirecting a shot from defenseman Ross McDougal at 17:27.
Defenseman Aaron Dutra gave Quebec the victory as his one-timer from the slot beat Phoenix netminder Poirier-Turcot over left shoulder ending Quebec losing streak at five with 4-3 wins in overtime.
Quebec will play his next game at home on Tuesday hosting the Shawinigan Cataractes.
Three other games were on QMJHL schedule on Sunday
Chicoutimi 5 vs. Saint John 6 (overtime)
Gatineau 5 vs. Blainville Boisbriand 3
Cape Breton 5 vs. Victoriaville 3
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