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Kadirova, Elridge Each Score Two, Torrent Falls 4-3 To Charge

  Photo via Seattle Torrent/PWHL The Torrent suffered their fourth straight loss when they took on the Ottawa Charge on Wednesday at TD Place, losing 4-3. Seattle came alive in the second period behind two goals from Jessie Eldridge. Alex Carpenter, who made history scoring the first-ever penalty shot goal in PWHL history, tied the game before Ottawa took the lead back with little time to play. Fanuza Kadirova found the back of the net twice for the Charge. Alexa Vasko and Emily Clark also scored to help secure the victory. The Torrent will look to regroup before hosting the Boston Fleet on March 11, while the Charge travel to the Prudential Center on Sunday for a showdown with the New York Sirens. Seattle Torrent Lineup: Gosling - Serdachny - Adzija Snodgrass - Carpenter - Elridge Buglioni - Grant-Mentis - Bryant Wagner - Delianedis - Langseth Wilgren - Barnes Keopple - Brown Carter - Tejralova Lobdell Murphy Schroeder Ottawa Charge Lineup: Wozniewicz - Jenner - Leslie Clark ...

Kings Win 3-2 in Shootout vs. Anaheim Ducks, 2/24/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Anaheim Ducks lost 3-2 in a shootout against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, February 24th at the Crypto.com Arena. Both Drew Doughty and Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist in the shootout victory for the Kings. The Kings had a four-game win streak before they had lost 4-1 against the Nashville Predators on Thursday.


Ducks lineup against the Kings:

Henrique - Carlsson - Killorn

Vatrano - McTavish - Terry

Lundestrom - Strome - Silfverberg

Johnston - Carrick - Jones


Vaakanainen - Fowler

Mintyukov - Lybushkin

LaCombe - Gudas


Gibson

Dostal


Kings lineup against the Ducks:

Laferriere - Kopitar - Kempe

Moore - Danault - Fiala

Byfield - Dubois - Kaliyev

Anderson-Dolan - Lizotte - Lewis


Gavrikov - Doughty

Clarke - Roy

Englund - Spence


Rittich

Talbot


   Opening the scoring and getting Anaheim a 1-0 lead - Jakob Silfverberg scored from the left circle with a wrister, beating David Rittich under his glove on the power play. This was Silfverberg's sixth goal of the season. Kevin Fiala tied the game 1-1 at 4:37 of the first period from the left circle, through a screen by Anze Kopitar. He scored with a wrist shot, getting another power-play goal in three straight games.


   Sam Carrick put the Ducks ahead 2-1 at 10:52 of the second period. Adam Henrique sent a centering pass on a 2-on-1 rush and Carrick got a touch on it shorthanded before it got in off Drew Doughty's stick. Tying it up 2-2 with his 13th of the season, Doughty shot a wrister on the power play from the high slot through traffic.


   In the third, the score remained at 2-2... The Ducks and Kings went into overtime to determine the game-winner, however, they had to go to a shootout.

   Both Pierre-Luc Dubois and Trevor Moore scored in the shootout... David Rittich saved attempts by Mason McTavish and Alex Killorn. The Kings won with a 3-2 score.




Notes:

- Los Angeles is 2-5 in games that have gone to a shootout this season.

- Drew Doughty got his 20th assist of the season when he assisted on Kevin Fiala's goal. This is his 11th consecutive season reaching that mark.

- Adrian Kempe has 51 points in 56 games (19 goals, 32 assists)... He's gotten to this 50-point mark in the past three seasons.

- David Rittich made 22 saves for Los Angeles and John Gibson made 48 saves for Anaheim.






 

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