Wyatt Bongiovanni scored a power-play 4:53 into overtime to give Manitoba a 3-2 win at Milwaukee in Game 3 of the teams’ Central Division semifinal series on Wednesday.
Winners of two straight OT games, the Moose have taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series with Game 4 coming up Friday in Milwaukee.
Alex Limoges and Jeff Malott scored to give Manitoba separate one-goal leads in regulation, but Luke Evangelista and Kevin Gravel answered for the Admirals.
Oskari Salminen (2-0) made 24 saves for Manitoba. Yaroslav Askarov (1-2) turned aside 27 shots for Milwaukee.
Central Division Semifinals (best-of-5)
C2-Milwaukee Admirals vs. C3-Manitoba Moose
Game 1 – Fri., Apr. 28 – Milwaukee 6, MANITOBA 2 | Recap
Game 2 – Sun., Apr. 30 – MANITOBA 3, Milwaukee 2 (OT) | Recap
Game 3 – Wed., May 3 – Manitoba 3, MILWAUKEE 2 (OT)
Game 4 – Fri., May 5 – Manitoba at Milwaukee, 8:00
*Game 5 – Sat., May 6 – Manitoba at Milwaukee, 7:00
*if necessary… All times Eastern
