STATELINE, Nev.—The Rapid City Rush stormed from behind with four goals in the third period to take down the Tahoe Knight Monsters, 4-1, at Tahoe Blue Event Center on Friday.
Tahoe took their first lead of the series on a power play goal late in the second by Adam Pitters. The Rush had killed an earlier 5-on-3 and were just 20 seconds away from getting to even strength.
Rapid City erased the 1-0 deficit right out of the gates in the third. Rasmus Ekström took a faceoff win from Quinn Olson and wired a shot top-shelf just 19 seconds into the period. Then, Xavier Bernard scored his second goal in two games to give the Rush the lead with 10:35 remaining.
The Rush killed off a penalty later in the third with a one-goal lead, then found their insurance tallies with the empty net. Ryan Chyzowski and Cameron Buhl each scored empty netters to ice a 4-1 game.
The offensive onslaught in the third complemented stellar goaltending from Arsenii Sergeev. The 22-year-old rookie made 38 saves for the second straight night. He has stopped 76 of 79 in this series for a .962 save percentage and won three of his last four starts.
This is the second time this season the Rush have won a game after trailing at the second intermission. Both instances have come against the Knight Monsters, and both featured four-goal third periods.
Rapid City has now won two consecutive series and four of their last five games. Now standing at 9-9-2, the Rush can surge above .500 for the first time this season with a sweep tomorrow night.
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