SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Domenic Monardo fired the puck past Portland goaltender Mike McKenna in a shootout Saturday night to give the Springfield Falcons a 3-2 win at the MassMutual Center.
Springfield (29-30-3-4) is last in the Atlantic Division with 51 points. Portland (31-23-3-2) is fifth with 67 points.
The teams went through seven sets of shooters before anyone could score on McKenna or Falcons goalie Niklas Treutie. Rob Flick, the eighth Pirates shooter, missed just before Monardo won it.
Portland took a 1-0 lead on Shane Harper’s late first-period goal from Rocco Grimaldi and Connor Brickley. Laurent Dauphin tied it 9:29 into the second period only to have Harper score an unassisted goal 56 seconds later for a 2-1 Portland lead.
Portland defenseman Josh Brown was called for roughing with 2:14 left in regulation. The Pirates killed 1:52, but Alex Grant slipped the puck in with 12 seconds left.
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