The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-1 in Western Hockey League play Saturday night at Xfinity Arena in Everett.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Everett (26-12-2-2) took a 1-0 lead at 10:49 of the second period. Defenseman Cole McDonald took a shot from the left point with traffic in front of the Seattle net that beat Seattle goalie Landon Bow. Kevin Davis and Matt Fonteyne had the assists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Silvertips scored 25 seconds after their first goal to take a 2-0 lead. Connor Dewar beat Bow from the right circle on assist from Tristen Pfeifer and Brycen Martin.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Everett led 19-17 in shots after two periods.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Silvertips scored two goals 55 seconds apart early in the third period to take a 4-0 lead. MacDonald scored a power-play goal at 2:54 and Kevin Davis scored at 3:49.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle replaced Bow with Logan Flodell after the fourth Everett goal. Bow made 19 saves on 23 shots and his record is now 13-15-4-0 with the loss.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Everett’s Carson Stadnyk scored a five-on-three power-play goal at 9:50 of the third to give them a 5-0 lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle (24-16-3-0) got on the board when Donovan Neuls scored on a backhand shot from the low slow slot at 16:15 of the third. Nolan Volcan took a shot from the high slot that was blocked and came to Neuls. Neuls shot went through Everett goalie Carter Hart’s legs for his seventh goal of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Everett outshot Seattle 16-9 in the third period and 35-26 in the game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Flodell had 11 saves on 12 shots in 16:11 of action.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hart stopped 25 of 26 shots to get the win.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The T-Birds’ next game is Tuesday against the Saskatoon Blades at 7:05 p.m. at the ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n