The San Jose Barracuda evened the Pacific Divison Finals at a game apiece tonight after beating the San Diego Gulls 5-1 at the SAP Center. Troy Grosenick stopped 31 shots, while Ryan Carpenter added a goal and an assist to his AHL-leading point totals.
March free agent signing Nick Desimone opened the scoring with his first career AHL postseason goal 4:31 into the contest, giving the Barracuda a lead that they would never relinquish.
Minutes later, Carpenter doubled the Barracuda’s lead with the team’s second power play goal in as many games. Carpenter’s goal was his sixth of the postseason, two more than any other player this postseason.