Silvertips rebound to beat Americans in Game 4

KENNEWICK — The Everett Silvertips dictated Game 4. Now, they dictate the series.

Everett outshot Tri-City 38-24 and Dustin Wolf recorded his first career playoff shutout as the Silvertips upended the Americans, 3-0, on Thursday at the Toyota Center to go up 3-1 in a Western Hockey League first-round playoff series.

The Silvertips have a chance to wrap up the series on Saturday at Angel of the Winds Arena.

Bryce Kindopp collected his second goal of the playoffs at 12:34 to break open the scoring. Connor Dewar swiped the puck from a Tri-City defenseman and danced past him to create a two-on-zero chance, which Kindopp finished past Tri-City goaltender Beck Warm’s blocker side.

Second look at Kindopp's second goal of the playoffs.

Great determination by Dewar to stick with the play and swipe it from Hyman, who had little help. Dish to Kindopp for blocker-side finish. #WHLPlayoffs #EVTvsTC pic.twitter.com/bm2fsEwsKh

— Josh Horton (@JoshHortonEDH) March 29, 2019

A fortuitous bounce allowed the Silvertips to jump out to a 2-0 lead at 7:56 in the second. Gianni Fairbrother hammered a shot from the left point to his short side, but the puck caromed off the boards behind the net right to Max Patterson’s stick, who snapped a shot from the right circle past Warm.

Second look at Patteron's second of the playoffs.

Fairbrother with the apple. #WHLPlayoffs #EVTvsTC pic.twitter.com/n0UiI9G6VO

— Josh Horton (@JoshHortonEDH) March 29, 2019

The Silvertips weren’t able to pour on goals, but dominated zone time over the first two periods, especially in the first with a 14-5 advantage on the shot clock.

The Americans elected for the extra skater with 4:06 remaining, but the Silvertips’ defense held strong and Zack Andrusiak eventually leaked out to tap in an empty-net goal, his second of the playoffs, to push Everett’s lead to 3-0 and seal it with 41 seconds remaining.

Kindopp was credited with the assist on the third goal and was the only skater to finish with a multi-point night.

Warm stopped 35 of 37 shots in the loss.

The Silvertips went 1 of 5 with the power play and killed off both of their penalties.

Josh Horton covers the Everett Silvertips and AquaSox for The Herald. Follow him on Twitter (@joshhortonEDH) or reach out to him over email (jhorton@heraldnet.com)