Panthers defeat Clan before overtime loss

NOTTINGHAM

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Panthers went back to the top of the Elite League on Friday night with a hard-fought 4-3 victory against Glasgow Clan at the Braehead Arena.Panthers were at full-strength with Nolan Volcan and Jason Grande the healthy scratches. Kevin Carr started between the pipes and Luca Sheldon served as backup.

In an end-to-end start, Carr made a save on Deven Sideroff after only 11 seconds and Panthers went close when Chase Pearson set up Matt Marcinew inside the first minute.

Matt Alfaro put Panthers ahead with a one-timer after good work by Tim Doherty and Mitch Fossier (02:05), before Clan equalised when Richard Jarušek went top-shelf from the slot on the powerplay (05:17).

Brendan Harris won the battle on the wall to free up Pearson who used skill and strength to burst through the Clan defence and go top-shelf for his 13th goal of the season (10:55).

At the other end, Carr made a huge close-range stop to deny Darien Kielb.