P1-Stockton Heat vs. P3-Colorado Eagles
Game 2 – Tonight, 7:30 MT, AHLTV
(Stockton leads series, 1-0)
GAME NOTES
Stockton and Colorado hit the ice again tonight for Game 2 of the Pacific Division Finals following the Heat’s 5-0 win in the series opener yesterday... The Eagles had outscored its opponents 30-11 in winning its first five games of the postseason, but they were held to 23 shots on goal in Game 1 and were shut out for the first time since Jan. 20, 2020 ― also a 5-0 loss in Stockton...
Dustin Wolf (4-0, 1.75, .940) earned the first shutout of his pro career with 23 saves last night, including 19 over the final two periods...
Justin Kirkland (3-1-4) led the Heat offense with two goals and an assist, while Andy Welinski (1-2-3) and Matthew Phillips (1-2-3) added a goal and an assist apiece...
Eetu Tuulola (1-1-2) scored his first goal of the postseason...
Stockton was 2-for-2 on the penalty kill in Game 1, and has allowed just one goal in 37 chances (97.3 percent) against Colorado this season...
Justus Annunen (5-1, 2.57, .918) made 25 saves in the loss for the Eagles... Stockton is 35-4-4-1 this season when scoring the game’s first goal, including 4-0 in the postseason.
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