It’s the final meeting of the season, with the Royals holding a 2-1 series advanatge. The Thunderbirds took the most recent encounter 3-1 on the Island after Victoria beat them 2-1 in overtime the night before. The Royals won on the road against the T-birds 5-3 earlier in November.
Victoria has won 8 of their last 9, while riding a 5 game win streak moving them into sole possession of 4th place in the West.
The Royals have outscored the opposition 20-4 during the streak, while their power play is operating at 50% during that span (10/20).
Friday night Victoria beat the Tri City Americans 3-1 as Axel Blomqvist scored his first as a Royal, Logan Nelson had 2 assists while Austin Carroll and Ben Walker added singles. Patrik Polivka was the #1 star for a 5th straight, while the power play went 3 for 4.
They earn a franchise best 6th straight road win (9-3).
Seattle was at home last night and beat Saskatoon 6-2. Alex Delnov scored twice and chipped in three assists while Ryan Gropp scored and set up two more. The T-Birds were 3-for-5 on the power play in the win.
Seattle has won 2 in a row, but just 3 in their last 10. They beat Portland 5-4 in overtime last Saturday and sit 6th in the West, 5 points back of Victoria.
Up next the Royals return home for a 3 game set beginning with the Ice on Tuesday, followed by a back to back set against the Giants.
Victoria Royals vs Seattle Thunderbirds: Head To Head Stats
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| Head to Head Record 2013-14 Regular Season | Victoria 2-1-0-0 | Seattle 1-1-1-0 |
| Head to Head Record 2012-13 Regular Season | Victoria 4-0-0-0 | Seattle 0-4-0-0 |
| Last 5 Years record between teams | Victoria 11-4-1-3 | Seattle 8-7-4-0 |
| Victoria vs. Seattle Last 5 Years record at Victoria | Victoria 6-3-0-1 | Seattle 4-3-3-0 |
| Victoria vs. Seattle Last 5 Years record at Seattle | Victoria 5-1-1-2 | Seattle 4-4-1-0 |
| Previous Meetings This Season | Seattle 3 @ Victoria 1 (Nov 16 2013) Final Seattle 1 @ Victoria 2 (Nov 15 2013) Final OT Victoria 5 @ Seattle 3 (Nov 8 2013) Final |
How the 2 teams match up
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| Team Record | 14-9-1-3 -- 32 points | 18-10-0-1 -- 37 points |
| Division Ranking | 4th U.S. | 2nd B.C. |
| Conference Ranking | 6th Western | 4th Western |
| League Ranking | 10th | 6th |
| Past 10 Games | 3-5-1-1 | 8-2-0-0 |
| Streak | 2-0-0-0 | 5-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 6-2 W vs Saskatoon (Nov 29 2013) Final | 3-1 W @ Tri-City (Nov 29 2013) Final |
| Home Record | 8-3-0-2 | 9-7-0-1 |
| Away Record | 6-6-1-1 | 9-3-0-0 |
| GF | 95 | 77 |
| GA | 102 | 65 |
| PP (Overall) | (21/114) 18.4 | (28/128) 21.9 |
| PP (Home) | (13/45) 28.9 | (15/77) 19.5 |
| PP (Away) | (8/69) 11.6 | (13/51) 25.5 |
| PK (Overall) | (27/125) 78.4 | (14/120) 88.3 |
| PK (Home) | (14/51) 72.5 | (11/79) 86.1 |
| PK (Away) | (13/74) 82.4 | (3/41) 92.7 |
| Leading Rookie | Barzal (3-22-25) | Soy (8-7-15) |
| Most PIM | Yakubowski - 79 | Carroll - 61 |
| Team PIM/GM | 17.6/Game | 15.1/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Theodore (11-16-27) | Nelson (11-18-29) |
| Barzal (3-22-25) | Carroll (13-10-23) | |
| Delnov (12-11-23) | Magee (7-12-19) | |
| Troock (8-14-22) | Blomqvist (9-8-17) | |
| Lipsbergs (15-6-21) | Fushimi (10-5-15) | |
| Last 5 Games | 6-2 W vs Saskatoon (Nov 29 2013) Final | 3-1 W @ Tri-City (Nov 29 2013) Final |
| 5-4 W vs Portland (Nov 23 2013) Final OT | 5-0 W vs Kamloops (Nov 23 2013) Final | |
| 6-3 L @ Vancouver (Nov 22 2013) Final | 6-1 W vs Kamloops (Nov 22 2013) Final | |
| 4-3 L vs Kelowna (Nov 19 2013) Final SO | 4-1 W @ Kelowna (Nov 20 2013) Final | |
| 3-1 W @ Victoria (Nov 16 2013) Final | 2-1 W @ Kamloops (Nov 19 2013) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 8-1-1-0 | 10-0-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 11-0-0-1 | 13-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 2-3-0-3 | 6-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 2-1-1-2 | 3-0-0-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 4-5-0-0 | 2-9-0-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-8-0-0 | 2-10-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 9-2-0-0 | 5-5-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 4-6-1-3 | 10-5-0-0 |
| 1-Goal Games | 6-0-1-3 | 8-3-0-1 |
| 2-Goal Games | 4-3-0-0 | 4-3-0-0 |
| 3-Goal Games | 1-3-0-0 | 3-1-0-0 |
