Rasmus Asplund scored his second objective of the night time 3:09 into additional time to provide Charlotte a 2-1 victory in Sport 2 of the Atlantic Division Finals at Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday night time.
With the Checkers forward two video games to none, the best-of-five collection resumes Wednesday night time in Hershey.
After almost profitable the sport late in regulation, the Checkers got here out and generated a number of possibilities early within the OT interval. Simply over three minutes in, John Leonard’s shot went broad however caromed off the top boards proper to Asplund, who tucked it house to provide Charlotte the victory.
Luke Philp obtained the Bears on the board first with 2:33 gone within the recreation, and Hershey held onto the 1-0 lead till Asplund evened the rating 4:16 into the third interval.
Charlotte almost received the sport with 2:10 left in regulation, however Ben Steeves hit the publish behind Bears goaltender Hunter Shepard.
Kaapo Kähkönen (5-2) made 17 saves for the Checkers, whereas Shepard completed with 27 stops for the Bears.
Photograph: Ian Yount
(Charlotte leads collection, 2-0)
Sport 1 – Fri., Might 16 – CHARLOTTE 3, Hershey 2
Sport 2 – Sat., Might 17 – CHARLOTTE 2, Hershey 1 (OT)
Sport 3 – Wed., Might 21 – Charlotte at Hershey, 7:00
*Sport 4 – Thu., Might 22 – Charlotte at Hershey, 7:00
*Sport 5 – Sat., Might 24 – Charlotte at Hershey, 7:00
*if needed… All instances Jap
