Dylan Gambrell scored twice as Cleveland staved off elimination with a 3-1 win over Laval at Place Bell on Sunday afternoon.
The Rocket nonetheless maintain a 2-1 lead within the best-of-five sequence and can host Sport 4 on Tuesday.
Gambrell snapped a scoreless impasse with 1:55 left within the second interval after which added one other aim 7:32 into the third earlier than Roman Ahcan, who assisted on each of Gambrell’s targets, scored shorthanded to make it 3-0.
Jet Greaves (3-2) made 18 of his 36 saves within the closing interval to earn the win in internet. When going through elimination over the past two postseasons, Greaves is now 4-1 with a 1.66 goals-against common and a .946 save proportion.
Laurent Dauphin scored the one aim for the Rocket, breaking apart Greaves’ shutout bid with 6:34 remaining.
Cayden Primeau made his return to Laval after being assigned by Montreal on Saturday and stopped 22 pictures, taking simply his third regulation loss in 26 begins this season.
Attendance at Place Bell was 10,243, the Rocket’s twenty sixth sellout of the season.
(Laval leads sequence, 2-1)
Sport 1 – Wed., Apr. 30 – Laval 3, CLEVELAND 2
Sport 2 – Fri., Might 2 – Laval 4, CLEVELAND 0
Sport 3 – Solar., Might 4 – Cleveland 3, LAVAL 1
*Sport 4 – Tue., Might 6 – Cleveland at Laval, 7:00
*Sport 5 – Fri., Might 9 – Cleveland at Laval, 7:00
*if mandatory… All instances Japanese
