Americans fall flat against rival Spokane
Jaret Anderson-Dolan scored three goals and had two assists to lead the Spokane Chiefs to a 6-3 victory over the Tri-City Americans in a key U.S. Division game Saturday at Toyota Center.
The Americans (27-19-7-1), who have lost four in a row, slid into fourth place in the division standings and are tied with Seattle with 62 points.
The Everett Silvertips (74 points) and Portland Winterhawks (72) have put a little distance between themselves and the rest of the teams. Spokane sits third with 65 points.
Tri-City, which held a 2-1 lead after the first period with goals by Michael Rasmussen and Morgan Geekie, gave up the next three to Spokane to trail 4-2 midway through the third.
Juuso Välimäki pulled the Americans within 4-3 with a goal at 9:34 of the third, but the Chiefs would score two more to put the game out reach.
Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and four assists for Spokane, which also got 25 saves from Dawson Weatherill.
Tri-City’s Beck Warm finished with 14 saves. The Americans were 1-for-5 on the power play.
Chiefs 6, Americans 3
Spokane | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 6 |
Tri-City | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 3 |
First — 1, Spo, Anderson-Dolan 30 (McIndoe, Yamamoto), 6:01. 2, TC, Rasmussen 20 (Coghlan, Geekie), 15:19 (pp). 3, TC, Geekie 21 (Topping).
Second — 4, Spo, Smith 9 (Anderson-Dolan, Yamamoto), 7:29 (pp). 5, Spo, McIndoe 17 (Yamamoto, Smith), 7:53 (pp).
Third — 6, Spo, Anderson-Dolan 31 (Yamamoto, Kral), 8:48. 7, TC, Juuso Välimäki 6 (Sawchuk, Mutala), 9:34. 8, Spo, Yamamoto 12 (Anderson-Dolan, McIndoe), 12:46. 9, Spo, Anderson-Dolan 32 (Smith), 19:15 (en).
Shots — Spo 3-12-5 — 20. TC 12-5-11 — 28. Power plays — Spo 2-5. TC 1-5. Goalies — Spo, Weatherill 18-9-3-2 (28 shots-25 saves). TC, Warm 13-8-1-1 (19-15). Referees — Chris Crich and Dexter Rasmussen. A — 5,011.
This story was originally published February 10, 2018 at 11:59 PM with the headline "Americans fall flat against rival Spokane."