Griffins Down 2-0 After Losing to Chicago in OT
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GRAND RAPIDS — Griffins goalie Michal Postava played 32 games in the AHL before he gave up four goals in a game for the first time.
The timing of event couldn’t have been worse for the Griffins.
Felix Ungar Sorum took advantage of a defensive puck bobble to fire a shot past Postava at 5:14 of overtime to give the Chicago Wolves a 4-3 win against the Griffins. Down 0-2 in the best-of-five series, the Griffins face elimination with two games now in Chicago this week.
The Wolves erased a 3-1 deficit just to push the game into overtime. Chicago defenseman Cal Foote scored with 6:04 left in regulation to tie the score.
On the winning goal, Axel Sandin-Pellikka made a D to D pass to William Lagesson who lost the puck in his skates. Sorum took advantage.
The Griffins came into the game looking for more offense and found it thanks to Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and Sandin-Pellikka.
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and Axel Sandin-Pellikka, who won a Swedish Hockey League title together in Skelleftea in 2023-24, combined for a goal and four assists to help the Griffins build the 3-1 lead.
Brandsegg-Nygard’s goal and two assists came after Grand Rapids coach Dan Watson moved him to the top line and shifted Dominik Shine to his previous spot with Amadeus Lombardi and Carter Mazur.
After the Griffins’ 2-1 home loss in Game 1, Watson said the team was going to need more out of the team’s top line. The top line hadn’t scored in the playoffs before Sheldon Dries scored a power play goal on a rebound after a shot from Brandsegg-Nygard at 2:42. Sandin-Pellikka added the other assist.
Eighty-six seconds later, Brandsegg-Nygard added his third goal of the postseason to give the Griffins a 2-0 lead.
After Felix Ungar Sorurm scored for Chicago to cut the margin to 2-1, Eduards Tralmaks scored a second Grand Rapids power play goal on a goalmouth jam. MBN and ASP drew the assists.
But the Wolves made Grand Rapids fans nervous when Ivan Ryabkin scored late in the period to cut home team’s lead to 3-2.
Takeaways
In addition to moving Brandsegg-Nygard to the top line, Watson inserted Dylan James and Ondrej Becher into the lineup on the fourth line. Tyler Angle and Alex Doucet were scratched. The Red Wings recently signed James after four seasons playing college hockey at North Dakota. . . If Anton Johansson is going to play the same agitating style in the NHL as he is currently showing in the AHL, he will need to move into a weight room this summer.
Key Moments
The Griffins controlled play for most of the third period but couldn’t find the back of the Chicago net.
Key Stat
Cayden Primeau, son of former Red Wings player Keith Primeau, made 36 saves to earn the goalie win for Chicago.
What’s Next
The Griffins travel to Chicago for Games 3 and 4 of this series on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.
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