Down three goals after two periods, the host Rochester Americans rallied to a 4-3 overtime win over the Belleville Senators in the important first game of the American Hockey League best-of-three opening round playoff series.
The Senators will host Game 2 on Friday night, 7 p.m., at CAA Arena in Belleville and, if necessary, the third-and-deciding contest Sunday at 3 p.m. as well.
ROCHESTER 4 BELLEVILLE 3 OT
1st period
BEL Cole Reinhardt (Egor Sokolov, Andrew Agozzino) 7:27
BEL Dillon Heatherington (Logan Shaw) 19:00
2nd period
BEL Rourke Chartier (Mark Kastelic, Agozzino) 12:58
3rd period
ROC Lukas Rousek (JJ Peterka, Brandon Biro) 3:13
ROC Jimmy Schuldt (Casey Fitzgerald, Peyton Krebs) 13:19
ROC Casey Fitzgerald (Krebs, Peterka) 16:03
Overtime
ROC Arttu Ruotsalainen (Josh Teves, Ethan Prow) 16:54
“You have to give Rochester credit. They kept working and pushing. It was a well-played hockey game. It’s just unfortunate we didn’t get the win.”#BellevilleSens HC Troy Mann on tonight's series opening overtime loss.
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— x – Belleville Senators (@BellevilleSens) May 5, 2022