Despite being outshot by a 31-18 margin, including 22-11 in the second period, the Albany River Rats are tied with the Springfield Falcons, 2-2, after 40 minutes.
Ex-Rats winger Chris Minard opened the scoring for Springfield 4:07 into the second, his team-high eighth goal of the season and sixth in five games, batting in a rebound off a scramble in front of Rats goalie Justin Peters.
Just 90 seconds later, Viacheslav Trukhno was awarded a penalty shot after being hooked from behind on a partial breakaway by Albany rookie defenseman Jamie McBain (though Trukhno was able to get off a shot, and a good one, that Peters turned away). Trukhno made it a 2-0 game by snapping a wrist shot low past Peters' stick for his first goal of the year.
The Rats got on the board at 6:22, after first-year forward Matt Pistilli intercepted a pass from Falcons defenseman Chris Armstrong at center ice. Pistilli skated up the slot, deked a forehand and pulled the puck to his backhand as goalie Devan Dubnyk reached for the pokecheck and lifted a shot upstairs.
Albany rookie winger Zach Boychuk evened the score on a nifty individual effort with3:42 left in the period. Boychuk peeled off the right wing boards, head-faked past Springfield's Johan Motin in the right circle and roofed a wrist shot past Dubnyk's glove from between the faceoff circles.
Attendance for tonight's game has been announced at 2,422.
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