Game 3 - St Louis vs Maine



3 Stars

1st Star - Ruslan Zaporozhets (STL) – 3 Assists
- Apparently Ruslan had Pizza on the mind as he had been dishing the puck all night long to his team mates putting up 3 assists in a game where St Louis scored 4 goals showing how dialed in he was for the Scarecrows from the second the puck dropped.

2nd Star – Rapid Eagle (MET) – 1 Goal
- One of the few bright spots for the Timber during the the loss, Eagles single tally wasn't enough to propel them to victory but was one of those goals you will see on the highlight reel for quite a while this season.

3rd Star – Sasha Dangelchek (STL) -1 Goal – 1 Assist
- Carrying the rest of the remaining offense for the Scarecrows was Dangelchek as they were able to hit both offensive categories for a goal and an assist.

Game Summary

This was one of those games where you look at it felt a lot closer than it really was. The score was 4-2 in the end but all the underlying stats tell a story of St Louis domination both on the shot clock and in the faceoff dot.

In front of a crowd of 5,488 fans the Scare crows got close to doubling up the shots on the timber, posting a 41 to 22 shot differential on their way to the victory.

Maine was able to grab a slight edge in the physical game with 2 more hits, but it cost them an additional 4 minutes on the penalty kill.

The face off battle was another story in itself with St louis winning 57.7% of the draws giving themselves control of the situation both offensively and defensively more often than not which played a bit part in that shot differential between the two teams.

1st Period

In a period where we saw 4 of the 6 goals scored started off in St Louis favour as they were the first team on the board. Shortly after Maine answered on the power play to tie it with the Scarecrows then using the back half of the period to put up two more to get themselves out front by 2 only 20 mintues into the game.

2nd Period

No scoring was done during the 2nd period as both teams took trips to the penalty box but neither team could convert on the ensuring power plays. The second didn't lack any action though as teams went back and forth trying to get the edge before heading into the final frame.

3rd Period

The final period saw the rest of the scoring trickle in as St Louis solidified their lead with their 2nd power play goal of the game to make it 4-1 with Eagle doing his best for Maine to make something out of the game making it 4-2. Both goals came early, but with the shots piling up in St Louis favour, it became more and more clear this game was out of reach for the Timber, and they fell to the Scarecrows in this game.