Jhonas Enroth stopped 30 of 31 shots for his second victory in two games with the San Diego Gulls in a 5-1 victory over the San Jose Barracuda Friday night at Valley View Casino Center.
Jordan Samuels-Thomas opened the scoring one minute, 52 seconds into game and Scott Sabourin scored with 21 seconds left in the first period as the Gulls (18-12-2-1) won their fifth consecutive game.
Nick Sorensen scored on the power play for the lone goal in the second period before a crowd announced at 12,920 for Star Wars Night.
The Gulls increased their lead to 4-0 on Kalle Kossila’s goal with 7:45 to play. Patrick McNally scored with 6:23 left to spoil Enroth’s bid for a shutout.
Kossila added an empty net goal with 2:51 remaining.
Goaltender Troy Grosenick made 15 of his 30 saves in the second period for the Barracuda (19-10-1-3), the San Jose Sharks American Hockey League affiliate.
The Gulls killed all three of San Jose’s power-play opportunities and scored on one of their five.
Sabourin and Barracuda right wing Jon Martin fought with 58 seconds to play. Martin received a five-minute major penalty while Sabourin received a major penalty, a two-minute minor for being the instigator and the automatic game misconduct for being a instigator in the final five minutes.
The Gulls, the Anaheim Ducks AHL affiliate, are 13-0-1-0 when leading after two periods.
The Gulls will resume play Sunday against the Ontario Reign, the Los Angles Kings AHL affiliate, at Citizens Business Bank Arena. Their next game at Valley View Casino Center will be Feb. 4, also against the Reign.
— City News Service
