BARRACUDA TAKE DOWN ROADRUNNERS 2-1, MOVE ON IN PLAYOFFS

BARRACUDA TAKE DOWN ROADRUNNERS 2-1, MOVE ON IN PLAYOFFS

May 18, 2021

Irvine, CA – The San Jose Barracuda (1-0) allowed the first goal of the game on Tuesday afternoon against the Tucson Roadrunners (0-1) (Arizona Coyotes) at the FivePoint Arena, but would go on to score the next two goals en-route to a 2-1 win in the single-elimination play-in. With the victory, the Barracuda will now face the play-in winner of the Colorado Eagles and Ontario Reign game which will take place on Tuesday night. San Jose's next game is set for Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to decide who goes on to play the Henderson Silver Knights in a best-of-three series starting on Friday.

• Wednesday’s game is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Irvine and can be listened to via the Sharks Audio Network, Sharks+SAP Center App, SJBarracuda.com and you can watch the game on AHLTV.com.

Josef Korenar (1-0) picked up his second career playoff win as he turned aside 19 of Tucson’s 20 shots in his first AHL game action since March 7

Ivan Prosvetov allowed two goals on 20 shots in his AHL playoff debut, suffering the loss

• SoCal native Evan Weinger (1) netted his third career AHL playoff goal and now has five points in five career playoff games (3+2=5)

Jake McGrew, who grew up 15 minutes from the FivePoint Arena in Orange, CA, netted the game-winning goal in his professional playoff debut

Brandon Coe and Scott Reedy each collected assist in their AHL playoff debuts

Jan Jenik scored Tucson’s only goal and managed to draw two penalties in the loss

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