Silvertips give up late lead, fall to Winterhawks in OT

EVERETT — After Everett rallied to take the lead in the third period, the Winterhawks answered to force overtime and a Cross Hanas goal in the extra period gave Portland a 5-4 win on Friday night at Angel of the Winds Arena.

Jacob Wright, Jackson Berezowski and Aidan Sutter scored in a wild third period that saw the Silvertips rally from a one-goal deficit to take a 4-2 lead.

But late goals from Marcus Nguyen and Clay Hanus forced overtime and the Winterhawks were able to secure the win.

Koen MacInnes stopped 42 of 47 shots in goal for Everett (43-10-4-5-).

Taylor Gauthier stopped 40 of 44 shots for Portland (42-16-3-2).

Winterhawks 5, Silvertips 4 (OT)

Portland 0 2 2 1 — 5

Everett 0 1 3 0 — 4

1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Litke Por (holding), 12:49; Gut Evt (hooking), 18:07.

2nd Period-1, Everett, Zellweger 13 (Gut, Huuhtanen), 14:03 (PP). 2, Portland, Fromm-Delorme 15 (Hanas, O’Brien), 14:19. 3, Portland, Dureau 18 (Fromm-Delorme), 15:46. Penalties-Nguyen Por (roughing), 10:44; Whittle Evt (roughing), 10:44; Smythe Por (roughing), 13:29; served by Huuhtanen Evt (delay of game), 15:46.

3rd Period-4, Everett, Wright 22 (Whittle), 9:00. 5, Everett, Berezowski 44 (Zellweger, Swetlikoff), 12:58. 6, Everett, Sutter 4 (Swetlikoff), 16:08. 7, Portland, Nguyen 19 16:29. 8, Portland, Hanus 18 (Hanas, Klassen), 19:46. Penalties-McCleary Por (holding opp. stick), 3:36; Zellweger Evt (cross checking), 10:00.

OT Period-9, Portland, Hanas 24 (O’Brien), 1:03. Penalties-No Penalties

Shots on Goal-Portland 15-17-14-1-47. Everett 11-14-18-1-44.

Power Play Opportunities-Portland 0 / 3; Everett 1 / 3.

Goalies-Portland, Gauthier 27-9-0-0 (44 shots-40 saves). Everett, MacInnes 21-5-1-3 (47 shots-42 saves).

A-6,833