Reid Boucher Scores Twice As Comets Down Penguins in OT

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Utica Comets (2-0-0-0) – 4 (OT)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (1-2-1-0) – 3

Reid Boucher scored twice in the first period and Lukas Jasek scored the overtime winner to give the Comets the 4-3 victory over the Penguins.

Boucher scored at 17:40 of the first assisted by Carter Camper. He followed it up two minutes later with his fourth of the season while on the power-play.

Four goals in two games. Reid Boucher is en fuego 🔥🔥🔥@OlliJuolevi and @NG078 get the helpers on this power play tally.#UTIvsWBS pic.twitter.com/u9IMzg6UYa

— Utica Comets (@UticaComets) October 13, 2019

The Penguins tied the game up with two power-play goals in the second. WBS took their first lead of the night at 8:56 of the third. With only 2:20 remaining in the the Carter Bancks slammed home a rebound tying the game at three. Sven Baertschi and Ashton Sautner assisted on Bancks first of the season.

Wilkes-Barre fired 6 shots on net in the extra period, but it only took one Comets shot to secure the victory. Brogran Rafferty found himself in the slot and drew a Penguins defender to him. This left Jasek all alone back door who backhanded the game winner home. Zane McIntyre stopped 37 shots in the win.

The game winner, courtesy of @LukasJasek!@SvenBaertschi and @brogan_rafferty pick up the assists!#UTIvsWBS pic.twitter.com/yBjJ7hIwhQ

— Utica Comets (@UticaComets) October 13, 2019

BOX SCORE

The Comets take the ice for their home opener versus the Syracuse Crunch this Wednesday at the Adirondack Bank Center.