TULSA, Okla.—Ryan Wagner scored a game-winning third-period objective, Connor Murphy dazzled with 55 saves, and the Fast Metropolis Rush grinded out a 3-2 victory over the Tulsa Oilers on the BOK Middle on Thursday.
Murphy’s 55-save efficiency on 57 photographs marks a career-high. He additionally set the brand new file for saves in a single recreation (55) and single interval (28 within the second interval) for any ECHL goaltender this season.
Regardless of the shot disparity of 57-31, the Rush by no means trailed. Parker Bowman scored late within the first interval, Deni Goure scored late within the second, and Ryan Wagner struck early within the third. Goure’s objective got here simply 40 seconds after Tulsa tied the rating at 1-1, and the Rush led from that time on.
Goure and Wagner completed with a objective and an help every. Mixed with Blake Bennett’s one help, that line has put up 16 factors over the past three video games.
Murphy, who flew into Tulsa from Calgary on Wednesday evening, improves to 12-7-4 with a .917 save share. He’s 8-1-1 over his final ten begins for the Rush. He has made 95 saves in his final two video games. Vyacheslav Buteyets took the loss for Tulsa.
In a statistical quirk, tonight was the Rush’s first win within the Central Time Zone. Fast Metropolis had gone 0-8-2 in Central Time earlier than this win.
The Rush have now received six of their final eight video games. They path the fourth-place Oilers by 9 standings factors with eight video games remaining. The 2 groups have a uncommon Friday off-day earlier than reconvening on the BOK Middle on Saturday evening.
Subsequent recreation: Saturday, March 29 at Tulsa. 7:05 p.m. CDT puck drop from the BOK Middle.
