Belfast Giants recovered from a late Manchester Storm comeback to win 5-4 in overtime at the AO Arena. The Giants had led 4-1 with less than 14 minutes remaining, but three unanswered Storm goals forced an extra period.
Manchester opened the scoring on the powerplay through Kyle Maksimovich at 12:48. Nicolas Guay levelled for Belfast before the first intermission, and Patrick Guay and Ty Prefontaine scored in the second period to put the visitors 3-1 ahead. Scott Conway made it 4-1 at 46:25.
Maksimovich scored again at 51:56, and Brady Gilmour converted on the powerplay at 59:08 to bring Storm within one. Anton Karlsson tied the game just 38 seconds later, completing the comeback and sending it to overtime.
Patrick Guay scored his second goal of the night at 62:04 to secure the victory for Belfast.