The Bakersfield Condors and Stockton Heat meet in Game 2 of a Best-of-5 series. Stockton took the opener, 3-1 to grab a 1-0 series lead.

Series Schedule

GAME 1: STOCKTON 3, Bakersfield 1 (STK leads, 1-0)
GAME 2: TONIGHT, Bakersfield @ Stockton, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 3: FRIDAY, Stockton @ BAKERSFIELD, 7 p.m. (click here for tickets)
GAME 4: SUNDAY, Stockton @ BAKERSFIELD, 5 p.m.** (click here for tickets)
GAME 5: Tuesday 5/17, Bakersfield @ Stockton, 6:30 p.m.**

**-if necessary

NEED TO KNOW

PUCK DROP: 6:30 p.m.

RADIO: Comedy 800 AM, iHeartRadio App
VIDEO STREAM: AHLTV

Watch the game live at McGarry’s Irish Pub (21+) located at the corner of Brimhall and Calloway. 

JERSEY RAFFLE: Kailer Yamamoto and Jesse Puljujarvi game issued jerseys are up for raffle this weekend. Click here to purchase your raffle tickets. Anyone, anywhere can win. 

GAME PREVIEW presented by Rodriguez & Associates

LAST NIGHT

Stockton scored a shorthanded goal to open the scoring and never looked back in a 3-1 win over the Condors. Dino Kambeitz (1st) scored the team’s lone goal to cut the deficit to 2-1 in the second, but Dustin Wolf won his playoff debut by stopping 27 of 28.

NEED A GOOD START

Bakersfield is 2-1 this postseason, but has not opened the scoring in any of the three games. The team has led for just 9:32 so far through the three games.

RETURNING FROM INJURY

Brendan Perlini, who missed 11 games, and Markus Niemelainen, who missed nine games, each returned to the lineup last night. Perlini tied a team high with five shots while Niemelainen was +1.

PLAYOFF PLAYER

Brad Malone had an assist last night and now has 18 points (8g-10a) in 19 playoff games with Bakersfield.

KILLERS

Bakersfield’s penalty kill, which went 44/49 to close the season, has killed off eight of nine so far in the playoffs.

DOWN 1-0

This is the third time in six playoff series in which the Condors have fallen behind 1-0. In 2019, the team dropped Game 1 to San Diego and fell in six games. Last year, after dropping Game 1 to the Gulls, the team rallied for back-to-back overtime wins to take the best-of-3 series.

DOWN THE HALL

The Heat held serve last night behind Wolf’s 27 saves. Stockton led the league in the regular season with 12 shorthanded goals and added to their overall total last night. Emilio Pettersen had a goal and assist.