Three goals in a span of 31.3 seconds and 23 saves from Austin Elliott led Blake Montgomery and his London Knights teammates to a 4-0 shutout victory over the Erie Otters in Game 3 of their second round play-off series.
London now leads the best-of-seven series three games to none heading into Game 4 on Thursday, Apr. 17 at the Erie Insurance Arena. The Knights were 46.3 seconds away from their first scoreless period of the playoffs when Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan drove the net off the right wing and backhanded a puck behind Charlie Burns to make it 1-0. Just 14.2 seconds later Landon Sim deflected a Sam Dickinson shot into the Erie net for a 2-0 Knights lead and London was not done there.
With 15.3 seconds left, Jacob Julien wristed home his own rebound and the Knights led 3-0 through 20 minutes.
The goals came a total of 31.3 seconds apart.
Kasper Halttunen wired his fourth goal of the playoffs off the glove of Burns and in at the 11:29 mark of the second period on a London power play and the Knights going into the third period.
The Knights held the Otters off from there as they limited Erie to just six shots on goal over the final 20 minutes.
