Binghamton Senators Blow 3 Goal Leads, Win In OT Past Flames

Despite twice blowing leads of three goals in the third period, the Binghamton Senators defeat the Adirondack Flames 8-7 in overtime featuring some ugly defense, a few fights and lots of goals. Forward’s Cole Schneider and Shane Prince led the Senators with three points each and defenseman Aaron Johnson scored the game winner as the eight goals are the highest of the season.

GAME RECAP

Senators and Flames get off to a slow start but Binghamton goes out on top first with a power play goal tipped by Schneider as Camper’s toss to the net from the wall sneaks in by Flames’ goaltender Doug Carr for a 1-0 lead. Eight seconds later Adirondack ties it with forward Garnet Hathaway batting home a rebound that trickles over Senators’ netminder Peter Mannino‘s shoulder into the mesh.

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Binghamton gains momentum and controls the play with Carr stopping Brad Mills and soon after Schneider on a breakaway. Max McCormick drops the gloves with Hathaway behind the net and lands a few rights before taking Hathaway down to the ice. Prince with a short pass to Fredrik Claesson as his shot bounces around in the slot when Chris Wideman leaves his post and sweeps a backhander to the rolling puck that lands in the net for a 2-1 lead.

At 18:13 into the second, Adirondack’s forward David Wolf scores his 15th as his low shot eludes Mannino in front. Carr gets a glove on a Mike Sdao slapper from the blue line and stops a tipped shot off the stick of Johnson. However, Buddy Robinson skates in from the wall towards the net as his shot is stopped but catches Alex Guptill in the crease and caroms in. 19 seconds later Schneider nets his second of the night on a two on one rush with Prince after a turnover and elects to shoot instead of making the pass beating Carr low blocker side ending his night.

After Carr is relieved by Brad Thiessen and a TO is called by Adirondack, defenseman Sena Acolatse fools Mannino from outside the circle faking a slap shot and scores with a soft wrister glove side making it a 4-3 game. Senators regain the two goal lead as Mills scores his third of the season on a tip from a floater by Patrick Mullen from the point. Then with 2.6 seconds left, Carter Camper unloads a laser from the top of the circle beating Thiessen high blocker side as the team heads into the locker room with a three goal lead. Sens lead in shots 27-18 after two.

Just 36 seconds into the third, Wolf scores his second from the circle past a sprawled out Mannino making it a two goal match once again. With Turner Elson of the Flames in the box for tripping, Prince shoots high in-between the hash marks getting the puck past Thiessen for the power play tally making it now a 7-4 game. Hathaway than scores his second of the evening just 20 seconds later from a pass from Acolatse.

Mills gets shoved into Thiesson and his goal is waved off as he sits with goaltender interference call instead, giving Adirondack their third power play and they cash in right away with forward Devin Setoguchi faking a slapper in the slot, feeding Brett Kulak down low as his quick push on the puck is good for a one goal contest. Adirondack with momentum and pressing pull Thiesson for the extra attacker and tie it up 7-7 with Hathaway getting the hat trick with 54 seconds left in way of his snap shot in close.

Binghamton in control in the overtime and things come to fruition for the Senators with Johnson getting a pass from Mills and popped it home from inside the blue line past Thiesson for the game winner, his fifth of the season as this crazy game concludes with a W for the Senators. A  W for Whew!

NOTES & OBSERVATIONS

• Mills and Mathieu Tousignant got into a first period tussle with Mills taking matters into his own and gets the take down as the Senators lead the AHL with 93 fights.
• Markus Granlund late first period hit on Camper appeared to have injured him as he remained on the ice for some time, only to return in the second.
• Mullen skated after his being on the short end of a violent hit on Saturday’s game.
• Senators out shot 21-7 in the third leading the Flames to a 43-39 advantage for the night.
• Mannino hunkered down for the most part until things were broken late in the game as he can’t be left handed all of the blame. Although seven goals is pretty bad.
• Binghamton gives up 6-3 and a 7-4 leads in the third as the defense looked to have been worn down after their third game in three days.

B-SENS LINES

Forwards – Prince-Camper-Schneider, Guptill-Dzingel-Robinson, New-Hobbs-Thompson, Kramer-McCormick-Mills

Defense – Claesson-Johnson, Lepine-Mullen, Sdao-Wideman

Out – Derek Grant, Matt Tassone, Alex Grant and David Dziurzynski, all injured. Troy Rutkowski, healthy.

UP NEXT

Senators are home next Friday night for a game against the Norfolk Admirals.

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