Six Wolves notch a goal in overtime road victory against Cleveland
Six players scored as the Chicago Wolves kicked off a three-game road trip with a 6-5 overtime victory over the Monsters on Wednesday night in Cleveland.
Bradly Nadeau had a goal — including the game-winner in overtime — and 2 assists while Austin Wagner, Noel Gunler, Charles-Alexis Legault, Skyler Brind’Amour and Domenick Fensore also scored for the Wolves in the first of back-to-back showdowns in Ohio. Scott Morrow and Ryan Suzuki each chipped in a pair of assists as Chicago withstood a furious third-period Cleveland rally to earn two points in the standings.
The teams traded goals midway through the opening period. First, Wagner put the Wolves ahead with his fifth goal of the season. Nikita Pavlychev corralled the puck deep in the Cleveland zone and slid a pass across the slot to Wagner who fired it past Monsters netminder Jet Greaves. The assist extended Pavlychev’s points streak to five games (2 goals, 5 assists). Ty Smith was also credited with a helper on Wagner’s marker.
Cleveland evened the game at 1-1 a few minutes later on a goal by Roman Ahcan and that’s how the period ended.
In the second the Wolves reeled off three consecutive goals, including one each on the power play, at even strength and while shorthanded.
Gunler started things off while the Wolves had a man advantage. The forward camped in front of Greaves and redirected a long shot from Nadeau into the back of the net. Nadeau and Suzuki had assists on Gunler’s 10th goal of the season.
Chicago extended the lead to 3-1 when Legault cashed in with the teams skating five-on-five. The blue liner tucked a rebound of a Nadeau shot by Greaves for Legault’s second goal of the season. Nadeau and Morrow had assists.