Miners rally late to extend unbeaten streak to five.

Miners rally late to extend unbeaten streak to five.

CANADIAN PRESS (Niagara Falls, ON)

Not a lot has gone right for the Sudbury Miners this season, but they caught a couple of breaks on Tuesday.

Joonas Donskoi scored with less than two minutes left in the third period to help the Sudbury Miners salvage a 2-2 draw with the visiting Wisborg Donuts.  With the result, the Miners unbeaten streak has now reached a season-high five games.

"I had to come up with a couple of big saves there and got lucky a couple of times off the post, but those are the bounces that haven't been going our way so it's nice to get a couple of those," said Miners goalie Jake Allen, who made 22 saves, including one in overtime. "I think we definitely have to build off it, but we can't get too complacent.”

William Karlsson scored the other goal for the Miners (14-33-3), who have only been unbeaten more than two games in a row on one other occasion all season.
"It's nice for our confidence right now," said Karlsson. "We came back from being down a goal. We are showing a lot more fight, a lot more resilience right now. It should go a long way for our team."
The Donuts (29-15-6), opened up a 2-0 second period lead on goals by Jannik Hanson and Johan Larsson, despite being outshot 2-13 after two periods.  In the third, the Miners pressed and scored two in the period to salvage the tie.  Goaltender Robin Lehner made 34 saves on the night, including two in overtime, to preserve the tie.

Miners Coach Derek Sutton, is hoping this is a turning point for his young squad.
"After we string a win or two together we seem to come out in the next game a little flat. We have to build off this and come out strong next game and build off that momentum moving forward."

MINERS NUGGETS

- For the first time this season, the Miners did not give the opposing team a power play. 

- Defenceman Chris Wideman now has a two-game point streak after assisting on Karlsson’s goal last night.

- With the trade of Adam Larsson late in the afternoon, the Miners moved quickly to replace the roster spot and signed free agent defenceman Cody Goloubef to a 1-year, $800K contract.