The Mavericks go for a rematch against the South Carolina Stingrays on home ice. Mason McDonald gets the start for the 4th game in a row. The Stingrays attack first. But the Mavericks attack back harder. Darian Dziurzynski gets a power play goal within a minute and a half of the Stingrays goal then Nate Widman rips a beautiful slapshot that makes it in off the crossbar. The Mavs hold the 2-1 lead to finish off the first period. Much more interesting first 20 minutes than last night. Shots sit at 12-10 in favour of the Mavericks after the 1st.
The second period gets its share of chances but the score stays frozen at 2-1. The Stingrays appear to be quite fatigued and not showing a whole lot of fight. This sort of happened last night too. They end up being not very disciplined, take bad penalties and don't get any quality scoring chances. The Mavericks had their share of plays that a slightly different shot placement would've easily resulted in a goal. Mike McMurtry gets a shot on the doorstep but can't elevate it over the goalie pads. Mavericks will likely go into the 3rd looking for some insurance and to really step on this team before they start to show any signs of life. Shots at the end of 2 are 23-20 for the Mavericks.
The Stingrays show signs of life in the 3rd period and score the tying goal. This goal comes from the same line that scored first. A few minutes later, the take the lead when Mason McDonald tries to make a save that deflects off the side of his pad and he accidentally directs the rebound right into the net. They try to get a quick one back by pulling Mason McDonald in the last minute and a bit but South Carolina scores an empty netter that pretty much puts this game away. 4-2 final score. Mavericks only put up 6 shots in the 3rd ending with 29 on the night to the Stingrays 33.
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