Three-Point Night for Justin Barron | ROC @ LAV

GAME RECAP | Rochester Americans vs Laval Rocket

Forward lines
81 Xavier Simoneau - 61 Philippe Maillet - 10 Joshua Roy
28 Lias Andersson - 37 Brandon Gignac - 19 Emil Heineman
42 Lucas Condotta - 27 - Mitchell Stephens - 20 Gabriel Bourque
21 Riley Kidney - 14 Jan Mysak - 12 Filip Cederqvist

Defense pairings
4 Paquette-Bisson - 24 Logan Mailloux
84 William Trudeau - 52 Justin Barron
29 Mattias Norlinder - 44 Olivier Galipeau

Goaltenders
71 Jakub Dobes
73 Kasimir Kaskisuo

Out of the lineup:
Scratches: Riley McKay, Strauss Mann, Jared Davidson, Chris Jandric

Injuries: Nathan Legare (lower-body), Sean Farrell (upper-body), Brady Keeper (lower body)

The Laval Rocket snapped their three-game losing streak on Friday with a 6-2 win against the Rochester Americans. 

Philippe Maillet returned to the lineup after being sidelined on Wednesday due to sickness. Riley McKay sat out to make room for the veteran. 

Fans arriving late to their seats missed the first goal as Justin Barron intercepted a pass and began a tic-tac-toe play with Brandon Gignac that Lias Andersson completed during the first minute. 

Rochester answered back less than two minutes later when Lukas Rousek split the defence before going top corner with a backhander. 

It took less than two minutes for Laval to retake the lead when Gignac fed the puck to Barron in the slot and the defenceman lodged a shot top corner on the glove side. 

Later in the frame, Mattias Norlinder drove to the net for a shot that was stopped by Dustin Tokarski and Mitchell Stephens was in position to bury the rebound and give the home team a two-goal lead through 20 minutes.  

The officials were kept busy in the second period breaking up post whistle scrums and calling infractions on the division rivals. Joshua Roy added to his team's lead on their fourth power play of the contest with a one-timer on a one-timer pass by Maillet that got behind the former Canadiens netminder.  

On the first shift of the third period, William Trudeau located Maillet behind Rochester's defence and the forward skated to the net for the goal. 

Later in the period, Joseph Cecconi's shot missed the net and landed right on the stick of Jeremy Davies that just had to tap it in to cut the lead to three goals. 

With under three minutes remaining, Andersson added a nail to the coffin with an empty net goal. 

After being outworked and outplayed on Wednesday, Jean-Francois Houde's squad showed up for a 60-minute performance against one of the teams they were trailing in the North Division.

Rocket (19-17-4-2)
Shots: 33
Power play: 1-for-4
Penalty minutes: 21

Americans (17-17-4-3)
Shots: 26
Power play: 0-for-4
Penalty minutes: 21

Rocket Scorers
1st period: Andersson (12), Barron (1), Stephens (5)
2nd period: Roy (13)-PPG
3rd period: Maillet (11), Andersson (13)-ENG
OT: n/a
SO: n/a

Americans Scorers
1st period: Rousek (8)
2nd period: No scoring
3rd period: Davies (6)
OT: n/a
SO: n/a

Goaltenders
LAV: Dobes (W) 13-8-4-0
ROC: Tokarski (L) 7-7-2-0

Jean-Francois Houle

Justin Barron

Jakub Dobes

Brandon Gignac

Did you miss the Rocket's last game? Catch up on the recap here: Last Minute Letdown | RECAP: UTC @ LAV

The Rocket's weekend series against the Rochester Americans continues on Saturday. 

Puck drop on Saturday, February 3rd, is scheduled for 3:00 pm ET at Place Bell in Laval, QC.

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