Ryan Tait scored late to tie it and Ben O’Connor scored with 42 seconds left in overtime to lift the Flames to a 3-2 win over the visiting Coventry Blaze.
Matt Alvaro set Flames to a lead, but a little over 2 minutes from period time Alexander Kuqali ensured the clubs would begin the 2nd all square on a goal each.
That middle set proceeded to time itself out with no further scoring before John Curran put them in front less than 2 minutes after re-start, but Ryan Tait in the 54th minute brought it level once again to secure a table point before grabbing the extra with the OT decider.
Taz Burman made 18 saves on 20 shots while Taran Kozun was 21 of 24.
“The result obviously is very important to us, but underneath that we were a lot happier with the overall effort of the guys,” explained Paul Dixon.
“These are important games heading into the playoffs, and we just want to be playing at our top gear to give ourselves the best chance we can to capture that trophy.”
“We have to be all in on this from every guy and that is the message leading into that last two regular season games before the quarter final weekend.”
