Canucks draw back late for Recreation 3 win

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (theahl.com) … Arshdeep Bains scored twice throughout a five-goal third interval as Abbotsford pulled away for a 6-1 victory over Charlotte in Recreation 3 of the 2025 Calder Cup Finals on Tuesday night.

The Canucks lead the best-of-seven sequence, two video games to 1. Recreation 4 is Thursday night time at Abbotsford Centre (10 ET, AHLTV on FloHockey, SiriusXM NHL Community Radio).

Linus Karlsson broke a 1-1 tie with 3:58 gone within the third and Abbotsford tacked on 4 extra targets in a span of 5:51 handy Charlotte its first street lack of the postseason.

Karlsson (1g, 3a) and Bains (2g, 2a) completed with 4 factors every in Recreation 3. Sammy Blais, Phil Di Giuseppe and Tristen Nielsen additionally scored for the Canucks and Artūrs Šilovs (14-6) made 28 saves, permitting solely an Oliver Okuliar aim 8:22 into the competition.

Abbotsford was 2-for-2 on the facility play, and is now 5-for-12 within the sequence. The Canucks additionally killed off all three Checkers energy performs; they haven’t allowed a power-play aim in 33 probabilities on dwelling ice this postseason.

NOTES: A capability crowd of seven,052 – the second-largest turnout ever for an AHL sport at Abbotsford Centre – took in Recreation 3… The Canucks registered the primary five-goal interval in a Calder Cup Finals contest since Syracuse in Recreation 5 in opposition to Grand Rapids in 2017… The five-goal margin was the biggest in a Finals sport since Coachella Valley’s 5-0 win over Hershey in Recreation 1 in 2023… The Checkers misplaced on the street for the primary time since Apr. 4, after profitable their ultimate 5 regular-season video games and first 5 playoff video games away from dwelling… When a Calder Cup Finals sequence has been tied at 1-1, the Recreation 3 winner has gone on to seize the title 27 of 38 instances (71.1 %).

(Abbotsford leads sequence, 2-1)Recreation 1 – Fri., June 13 – Abbotsford 4, CHARLOTTE 3 (2OT)Recreation 2 – Solar., June 15 – CHARLOTTE 3, Abbotsford 2 (OT)Recreation 3 – Tue., June 17 – ABBOTSFORD 6, Charlotte 1Game 4 – Thu., June 19 – Charlotte at Abbotsford, 10:00Game 5 – Sat., June 21 – Charlotte at Abbotsford, 9:00*Recreation 6 – Mon., June 23 – Abbotsford at Charlotte, 7:00*Recreation 7 – Wed., June 25 – Abbotsford at Charlotte, 7:00*if essential… All instances Japanese