Edinburgh Capitals 3-6 Excel Hull Stingrays
The Excel Hull Stingrays tonight ended their five game losing streak by beating a 13 man Edinburgh Capitals side 6-3 having firing 61 shots on the Scottish sides new Belgian netminder Jens Van Poulke.
Matti Uusivirta recorded the Rays first goal 6.18 in after the Caps had taken a surprise lead through Scott McKenzie little more than five minutes in.
Goals from Jereme Tendler, his 34th of the year, and Ben Lowe - who netted just his second professional goal - then gave the Stingrays a 3-1 lead in the second before the Caps struck back through Martin Cingel's 100th EIHL goal 2.35 into the third.
Uusivirta then added his second of the game to restore the two goal lead prior to Andrew Coburn adding a goal to the four assists he had recorded earlier in the night.
Scott McKenzie would then bag a consolation goal for Edinburgh with less than five and half minutes remaining but the Rays comfortably closed out the game to claim a 6-3 win, their first two point return in nearly three weeks.
