San Jose is one win away from the Western Conference Finals after holding on for a 4-3 victory in San Diego on Friday night.
Up three games to one in the Pacific Division Finals, the Barracuda look to advance with another road win in Game 5 on Saturday (10 p.m. ET).
Barclay Goodrow, Ryan Carpenter and Tim Heed scored power-play goals for San Jose and Colin Blackwell found the net for the second straight game as the Barracuda opened up a 4-1 lead through two periods.
Goodrow added two assists for a three-point night, and Joakim Ryan registered two assists as well.
Nic Kerdiles and Sam Carrick tallied a goal and an assist each and Mitch Hults scored a goal in his playoff debut for the Gulls, who were 5-0 at home against the Barracuda this season before losing Games 3 and 4 of this series.
Troy Grosenick (6-3) made 29 saves to earn the victory.
Jhonas Enroth (4-5) stopped 15 of 19 shots in two periods of work for the Gulls; Dustin Tokarski made seven saves in the third.
Pacific Division Finals – Series “L” (best-of-7)
P1-San Jose Barracuda vs. P2-San Diego Gulls
Game 1 – Fri., May 5 – San Diego 3, SAN JOSE 2 (OT)
Game 2 – Sat., May 6 – SAN JOSE 5, San Diego 1
Game 3 – Wed., May 10 – San Jose 4, SAN DIEGO 3 (OT)
Game 4 – Fri., May 12 – San Jose 4, SAN DIEGO 3
Game 5 – Sat., May 13 – San Jose at San Diego, 10:00
*Game 6 – Tue., May 16 – San Diego at San Jose, 10:00
*Game 7 – Wed., May 17 – San Diego at San Jose, 10:00
*if necessary… All times Eastern
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— AHL (@TheAHL) May 13, 2017
