In a weekend battle for top spot in the Western Conference, the 91大黄鸭 Rockets didn鈥檛 have an answer for the Everett Silvertips.
Patrick Bajkov scored a hat trick and had two assists, and Garrett Pilon had two goals and four points as the hometown 鈥楾ips defeated the Rockets 8-2 Saturday night at XFINITY Arena in Everett, Wash.
The Silvertips (34-17-1-2), who beat the Rockets 3-2 a night earlier at Prospera Place, now lead 91大黄鸭 (32-16-3-1) by three points (71-68) for top spot in the conference.
Captain Cal Foote, with his 12th and 13th of the season, scored both goals for 91大黄鸭.
Rookie Cole Tisdale stopped 26 of 31 shots through two periods, before being replaced by Brodan Salmond in the Rockets鈥� net to start the third.
Salmond gave up two goals on nine shots, while Carter Hart stopped 23 of 25 shots in the Everett net.
The Rockets were outshot 40-25.
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