Utah Grizzlies: Square playoff series with 4-1 victory

LAS VEGAS — The Utah Grizzlies scored four unanswered goals to defeat the Las Vegas Wranglers 4-1 Wednesday night at the Orleans Arena.

The win evens up the best-of-five ECHL playoff series at 1-1 headed back to the E-Center for Game 3 on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.

Utah fell behind 1-0 just 2:29 into the first period as Las Vegas scored its only goal of the night off of a Utah turnover. Grizzlies goaltender Mikko Koskinen then stopped 32 straight Wranglers shots to earn the win.

Utah tied the game at 1-1 6:16 into the first period as Malcolm MacMillan centered Peter Vandermeer on a two-on-one. James Sixsmith then gave Utah a 2-1 lead 14:24 into the first period with a shorthanded breakaway goal, as he cruised from the neutral zone to the Las Vegas net.

The scored stayed 2-1 until Utahs AJ Perry added a power-play goal 3:58 into the third period. Tim Crowder then finished the Utah scoring as he added his second goal of the series into an empty-net with 1:51 left in the contest.