Condors win fourth straight at home, 4-3 over Vegas

CONDORSTOWN, Calif. – Four different players lit the lamp to lead the Bakersfield Condors (10-15-0-1, 21pts) to a 4-3 win over the Las Vegas Wranglers (8-14-3-0, 19pts) at Rabobank Arena Thursday night. Bakersfield has now won seven of their last 10 games, and four straight at home.

Box Score | Highlights | Steffes interview | Mann interview

First Period

Fight: BAK LW Andrew Carroll vs. LV LW Adam Huxley, 8:56
Condors goal: LW Chris Collins (7th) on a rebound, on the power play (Steffes, Tremblay assist) at 14:06. BAK leads, 1-0
Shots: BAK- 9 | LV – 7

Second Period

Condors goal: C Joel Broda (10th) one-timer from the right circle on a pass from RW Jordan Knackstedt (Tremblay also assist) at :48. BAK leads, 2-0
Condors goal: C Gary Steffes (5th) one-timer from the left circle on a feed from RW Cameron Abney (Little also assist) at 11:50. BAK leads, 3-0
Shots: BAK – 15 | LV – 10

Third Period

Wranglers goal: Huxley wrist shot from the right circle (Smith, Paukovich) at 2:55. BAK leads, 3-1
Wranglers goal: C John Armstrong from in front of the net at 12:07. BAK leads, 3-2
Condors goal: LW Michael Neal (8th) after weaving past both defensemen, with a wrist shot from the bottom of the right circle (Pageau, Brossoit assist) at 13:39. Condors lead, 4-2
Wranglers goal: D Nolan Julseth-White wrist shot from the blue line through traffic at 14:13. Condors lead, 4-3
Shots: BAK- 7 | LV – 6

Goaltenders:

W: Brossoit (23/20, 4-1-0-0)
L: O’Keefe (31/27, 3-9-0-0)

Condors Droppings

Three Stars: 1) Neal (BAK), 2) Steffes (BAK), 3) Tremblay (BAK)
Shots on goal: BAK- 31 | LV – 23
Power Plays: BAK- 1/1 | LV – 0/2
The win gives the Condors sole possession of 7th place in the Western Conference. They trail 6th place San Francisco by two points in the standings.
Broda has a goal in three of the last four games, and 7g-9a in his last 10 games
Neal has a point in 12 of his last 15 games
The Condors have scored four or more goals in eight of their last 10 contests.
In five starts, Brossoit has a 0.98 goals against average and a .955 save pct.
Scratches: Follmer, Garlock, Schaber, Watson

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