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GREEN BAY – The Muskegon Lumberjacks nursed a one-goal lead for most of the game and came away with a 2-0 win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday against Green Bay.
The Jacks are now leading the series 2-1 and will look to eliminate Green Bay on Wednesday night at Resch Center.
The winner of this series will face the winner of first-place Dubuque and Youngstown in the Eastern Conference finals.
The Lumberjacks’ penalty kill came up huge as Green Bay failed to score on six power-play chances.
Muskegon opened the scoring 18:46 into the first period on Justin Solovey’s third goal of the playoffs. Sacha Boisvert earned an assist.
The Lumberjacks set positive tone with a 13-7 advantage in shots in the first 20 minutes of play.
The second period was scoreless and found Muskegon nursing the one-goal lead with 20 minutes remaining.
The game remained 1-0 until a minute was left in regulation. That’s when Matvei Gridin found the back of an empty net to seal the win.
Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev earned the shutout win in net for Muskegon.
