CLEVELAND, Ohio — Center Dan DeSalvo scored in the fourth round of the shootout as the Manitoba Moose defeated the Cleveland Monsters, 2-1, Sunday afternoon in front of 11,400+ at The Q.
The Monsters (23-18-2-4) had won three in a row. They have earned a point in five straight. On Friday night at The Q, they defeated the Moose, 3-2, in a shootout that lasted four rounds.
The Moose improved to 19-23-3-3.
Five of Cleveland’s past seven games have been decided in overtime or shootout.
In the shootout, both teams scored in the first of three regulation rounds. Both teams missed in the second and third. After the Monsters missed in the fourth, DeSalvo snuck the puck inside the post past goalie Joonas Korpisalo.
Trailing, 1-0, the Monsters scored at 7:00 of the third period. Center Jordan Maletta fooled goalie Eric Comrie with a wraparound for his seventh. Credit Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jaime Sifers with the assists. The goal occurred after a Cleveland line change; Cleveland’s top line had tired out the Moose and prevented its line change.
The Moose opened the scoring midway through the first period. Moose winger Scott Kosmachuk’s goal from the right point, assist Brandon Tanev, came on a power play that resulted from Jacob Graves’ cross-check.
Manitoba finished the period 1-for-4 on the power play; the Monsters were 0-for-2.
At 9:47 of the second period, Monsters winger Brett Gallant received a match penalty for a check to the head. The Monsters, led by Korpisalo, bowed their necks and skated superbly on the protracted kill.
In regulation, the Monsters out-shot the Moose, 28-21.
In overtime, the Moose killed a penalty (too many men) for the final 1:56. The Monsters out-shot the Moose, 4-0, in OT.
The Monsters begin a seven-game trip Wednesday against Rockford.
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