Wolves rally late, win in shootout

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Chicago Wolves scored with 34 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and then prevailed in a 10-round shootout to earn a 5-4 shootout victory against the Oklahoma City Barons on Wednesday night at Cox Convention Center.Forwards Ryan Garbutt (2 goals), Andre Deveaux and Fredrik Pettersson scored in regulation, while Michael Davies and Pettersson converted in the shootout for the Wolves.Goaltender Drew MacIntyre stopped nine of the Barons#146; 10 shootout attempts.Garbutt popped the puck in the net from the doorstep past Oklahoma City goaltender Martin Gerber to tie the score at 4-4 and force overtime.The Wolves (25-20-2-3) opened the scoring 5:03 into the game with a two-man advantage power-play strike when Deveaux redirected defenseman Paul Postma#146;s one-timer from the point past Gerber.With the Wolves still working on the power-play Garbutt ripped a long side shot past Gerber 47 seconds later for a 2-0 lead.Oklahoma City (25-16-2-5) brought the score within 2-1 12:43 into the first period when Teemu Hartikainen ripped a shot from the right faceoff circle past MacIntyre.Barons left wing Greg Stewart redirected defenseman Alex Plante#146;s shot from the point to tie the game at 2-2 3:28 into the second period.The Barons took a 3-2 lead 28 seconds after when center Brad Moran redirected a shot past MacIntyre.The Wolves tied the score at 3-3 16:33 into the second period when Pettersson redirected defenseman Andrey Zubarev#146;s shot, which bounced off Gerber and trickled over the goal line.Gerber recorded 33 saves for Oklahoma City in regulation and overtime and stopped 8 of 10 chances in the shootout.Oklahoma City took the 4-3 lead when left wing Matt Marquardt blasted a shot beating MacIntyre 7:52 into the third period.The Wolves continue their three-game road swing against the San Antonio Rampage at the ATT Center on Friday at 7 p.m.