Ryan Carpenter scored with under five minutes to play to give the Barracuda a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, pacing San Jose to a 5-3 victory over the Stockton Heat on Friday night. The Barracuda now lead the best-of-five first-round series against the Calgary Flames affiliate 2-1 with game four set for Sunday at 4 p.m.
Timo Meier tacked on a dagger for the Barracuda just a minute later to all but wrap things up. Stockton made things interesting by scoring on a power play with the netminder pulled, but Buddy Robinson scored an empty netter to make it 5-3 to officially ice the game.