With the support of a near capacity crowd at the EastLink Centre the Charlottetown Islanders overcame a late goal by the Armada to take Game 3 in overtime.

The Islanders grabbed their first lead of the series midway through the first period, with Sullivan Sparkes picking up a pass from Daniel Hardie before beating Emile Samson to open the scoring.

The lead would last until the closing minutes of the second when 18-year-old Remy Anglehart got his stick on a rebound in front of the Islanders net, knocking a shot past Matthew Welsh to tie the game at 1-1.

The score would remain tied as the teams pulled into the third period, but the draw would not last for long.

Just over four minutes into the final regulation period, Derek Gentile drove down the left-wing boards before bouncing a backhand shot off of the back of Armada defencemen Aleksi Anttalainen and into the Blainville net to restore the Islanders’ lead.

The Islanders would hold the lead until the final minute of the period when Blainville took advantage of an extra attacker, with Drake Batherson beating Welsh to tie the game with 55 seconds remaining.

Neither team was able to score again in regulation, forcing the game into overtime.

The Islanders would not waste any time in the extra period though, as just over a minute in, Brett Budgell picked up a pass from Nikita Alexandrov before beating Samson with a nifty move to win the game for the Islanders.

With the win the Islanders cut into the Armada’s series lead with a chance to tie the series tomorrow night at the EastLink Centre.

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