The Bruins’ Jordan Szwarz‘s scored at 8:28 of overtime to give Providence a 2-1 victory Sunday night over the Syracuse Crunch in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Szwarz’s second goal of the night and fourth in the last three games came on a wrist shot from the top of the left-wing circle off a feed from Wayne Simpson. It snapped Providence’s eight-game losing streak in playoff OT games, dating back to 2015.
Zane McIntyre made 29 saves for Providence, shutting out the Crunch over the final 67:02 of the contest.
Ben Thomas scored the only goal for Syracuse in Game 2, skating in from the point and burying a pass from Mathieu Brodeur 1:26 into the game.
Mike McKenna stopped 34 shots for the Crunch.
Boxscore
Providence 2 – Syracuse 1 OT
| Scoring | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Crunch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 / 2 |
| Providence Bruins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 / 4 |
| Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Crunch | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| Providence Bruins | 6 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | PIM | Shots | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dotchin, Jake | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 5 | Masin, Dominik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | C | Condra, Erik | RW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Lynch, Kevin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 16 | McGinn, Tye | LW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 20 | A | Taormina, Matt | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Froese, Byron | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Peca, Matthew | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Brodeur, Mathieu | D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Thomas, Ben | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Gourde, Yanni | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 40 | Dumont, Gabriel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 65 | A | Koekkoek, Slater | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | |
| 73 | Erne, Adam | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 78 | Bournival, Michael | LW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Walcott, Daniel | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 89 | Conacher, Cory | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 92 | Vermin, Joel | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| # | Goalie | GA | Mins | SA | SVS | G | A | PIM | |
| 50 | Gudlevskis, Kristers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 56 | McKenna, Mike | 2 | 68:28 | 36 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Head Coach: Benoit Groulx |
| Assistant Coach: Jeff Halpern |
| Assistant Coach: Trent Cull |
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | PIM | Shots | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Grant, Alex | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | ||
| 3 | C | Cross, Tommy | D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Grzelcyk, Matt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | ||
| 6 | Casto, Chris | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Breen, Chris | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Heinen, Danton | C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Fitzgerald, Ryan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Simpson, Wayne | RW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Hargrove, Colton | LW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Blidh, Anton | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Porter, Chris | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 25 | A | Cave, Colby | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | Czarnik, Austin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Arnesson, Linus | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | DeBrusk, Jake | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 37 | A | Szwarz, Jordan | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 41 | Senyshyn, Zach | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 93 | Mueller, Peter | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| # | Goalie | GA | Mins | SA | SVS | G | A | PIM | |
| 31 | McIntyre, Zane | 1 | 68:28 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Subban, Malcolm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Head Coach: Kevin Dean |
| Assistant Coach: Jay Leach |
| Assistant Coach: Trent Whitfield |
Scoring
| 1st | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:26 | SYR | Ben Thomas (2) ASST: Mathieu Brodeur (2), Tye McGinn (6) | |
| 2nd | |||
| 16:47 | PRO | Jordan Szwarz (4) ASST: Danton Heinen (8), Tommy Cross (7)(PP) | |
| 3rd | |||
| No Scoring | |||
| OT | |||
| 8:28 | PRO | Jordan Szwarz (5) ASST: Wayne Simpson (6), Danton Heinen(9) | |
Penalties
| 1st | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10:06 | SYR | Ben Thomas, Slashing, 2 min PP |
| 18:24 | SYR | Erik Condra, Tripping, 2 min PP |
| 2nd | ||
| 02:50 | PRO | Colton Hargrove, Interference, 2 min PP |
| 10:05 | PRO | Alex Grant, Hooking, 2 min PP |
| 16:37 | SYR | Michael Bournival, Tripping, 2 min PP |
| 3rd | ||
| 09:49 | SYR | Matt Taormina, Holding, 2 min PP |
| OT | ||
| No Penalties | ||
Three Stars
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|
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| PP | PIM | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Crunch | 0 / 2 | 8 min / 4 inf | 1 G + 2 A = 3 PTS |
| Providence Bruins | 1 / 4 | 4 min / 2 inf | 2 G + 4 A = 6 PTS |
| Arena | OFFICIALS |
|---|---|
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Dunkin’ Donuts Center
Attendance: 3857 Start: 7:03 pm End: 9:49 pm Length: 2:46 |
Referee: Jake Brenk (42)
Referee: Pierre Lambert (47) Linesman: Francois Dussureault (60) Linesman: Kory Nagy (97) |
Eastern Conference Finals – Series “M” (best-of-7)
A4-Providence Bruins vs. N1-Syracuse Crunch
Game 1 – Fri., May 19 – Syracuse 6, PROVIDENCE 3
Game 2 – Sun., May 21 – PROVIDENCE 2, Syracuse 1 (OT)
Game 3 – Wed., May 24 – Providence at Syracuse, 7:00
Game 4 – Fri., May 26 – Providence at Syracuse, 7:00
Game 5 – Sat., May 27 – Providence at Syracuse, 7:00
*Game 6 – Tue., May 30 – Syracuse at Providence, 7:05
*Game 7 – Wed., May 31 – Syracuse at Providence, 7:05
*if necessary… All times Eastern
Game 3 is at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the War Memorial in Syracuse.
(Feature Photo/TheAHL.com)
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