The Belleville Senators began their three-game road in difficult fashion as they fell 5-1 to the Bridgeport Islanders on Thursday night at Total Mortgage Arena.
Bridgeport opened the scoring 11:59 into the contest when William Dufour notched his 17th of the season to give the Islanders a 1-0 lead after twenty minutes of play.
Early into the second, Bridgeport continued to extend their advantage as Reece Newkirk, Grant Hutton and Dufour all found the back of the net. Later in the frame, Belleville got on the board after Mark Kastelic tallied on the power play at the 13:00 minute mark of the period to make it a 4-1 score heading into the intermission.
In the third, the Islanders resumed their strong offensive showing through Ruslan Iskhakov, who capitalized on a rebound to round out the high-scoring affair with 14:33 remaining in regulation time as Bridgeport secured a hard-fought victory.
The Senators return to action Saturday evening against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, with puck drop set for 6:05 p.m. (ET) from Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
WRITTEN BY THE BELLEVILLE SENATORS
