BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Calgary Wranglers scored three times in the third period to beat the Bakersfield Condors 4-2 on Tuesday night at Dignity Health Arena in front of 4,003.
Ben Jones opened the scoring 5:11 into the first period, from Alex Nylander, for his 10th goal of the season. Calgary outshot Bakersfield 13-8 in the period and took the 1-0 lead into the second.
Eduards Tralmaks tied the game at 14:48 of the second period with his first goal of the season, from Quinn Hutson and Viljami Marjala.
Carter Wilkie put Calgary back in front at 8:47 of the third period, from Nikita Pavlychev and Jake Livingstone. Will Dineen made it 3-1 at 13:16 with his first goal of the season, from Livingstone and Tyson Gross.
Tralmaks cut the lead to 3-2 on the power play at 15:48, his second goal of the game, from Seth Griffith and Atro Leppänen. Rory Kerins closed the scoring into an empty net at 19:13, with Livingstone picking up his third assist of the night.
Owen Say made 27 saves on 29 shots for Calgary, a .931 save percentage. Samuel Jonsson stopped 41 of the 44 shots he faced for Bakersfield. Calgary outshot the Condors 45-29 and went 0-for-5 on the power play. Bakersfield finished 1-for-3.
Dineen was named the game's first star, Tralmaks the second star and Jones the third star.
The win moves Calgary to 8-7-0-0 with 16 points, fourth in the Pacific Division. The Wranglers are 4-6-0-0 in their last 10 games. The road trip continues Thursday night against the Henderson Silver Knights, who also sit on 16 points, at Lee's Family Forum in Henderson (9 p.m. ABT).
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