SEATTLE (AP) - Andrew Brunette doesn't score often, but you can't argue that he doesn't have a knack for good timing. The portsider scored his second goal of the Farley Cup playoffs on an outside split roll (OS3[GOAL 1-14], split 2) with just 4:51 remaining to lift the Seattle Rainiers to a 3-2 win over the Topeka Scarecrows in Game Two of their Western Conference Finals series, evening the best-of-seven matchup at one game apiece. The Rainiers felt that victory was assured them when playoff hero Chris Drury scored with 6:01 left to give them a 2-1 advantage, but defenseman Alexander Khavanov beat Rainier netminder Vesa Toskala a scant thirty-seven seconds later to square things at two goals apiece. Thirty-three seconds later, Brunette scored to provide the eventual margin of victory, meaning that 60% of the game's scoring occurred in just 1:10 of action. "Both Vesa [Toskala] and [John] Grahame played out of their minds," Seattle coach Doug Norris commented afterwards. "You look at the firepower that each of these teams possesses, but it's goaltending that's making this series special." After Kirk Maltby scored his second short-handed (third overall) goal of the playoffs to give Seattle a 1-0 lead, it seemed as though the Scarecrows might never get one past Toskala, who replaced a shaky Jean-Sebastien Giguere after the Game One loss. However, Olli Jokinen scored on the *fifth* rebound of the action card to knot the game at one. Norris would not comment as to whom the starter would be in game htree, at Topeka tomorrow night. "Regardless of the goaltender, I'm sure that we'll get a solid game from them. Both are very competitive." STARBUCKS THREE STARS OF THE GAME: 1. Vesa Toskala, Seattle - thirty saves, 7/9 GR 2. John Grahame, Seattle - thirty-six saves, 9/10 GR 3. Andrew Brunette, Seattle - game-winning goal Topeka Scarecrows at Seattle Rainiers DATE : 04/08/2004 GOALS 1 2 3 OT F Topeka Scarecrows 0 1 1 0 2 Seattle Rainiers 0 1 2 0 3 SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F Topeka Scarecrows 18 8 6 0 32 Seattle Rainiers 13 15 11 0 39 G O A L S U M M A R Y 1. SEA. KIRK MALTBY(3)( MIKE FISHER, JAROSLAV SPACEK ) (SH) : 2nd 7:59 2. TPK. OLLI JOKINEN(7)( DANIEL ALFREDSSON, CHRIS PHILLIPS ): 2nd 14:05 3. SEA. CHRIS DRURY(11)( LADISLAV NAGY ) (PP) : 3rd 13:59 4. TPK. ALEX KHAVANOV(2)( BRAD RICHARDS, BRIAN LEETCH ): 3rd 14:36 5. SEA. ANDREW BRUNETTE(2)( PATRICK MARLEAU, ED JOVANOVSKI ): 3rd 15:09 P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y 1. SEA. JAROSLAV SPACEK - 2 Minutes: 1st 11:24 2. TPK. SCOTT STEVENS - 2 Minutes: 1st 18:43 3. SEA. ED JOVANOVSKI - 4 Minutes: 2nd 7:54 EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY LADISLAV NAGY 5. TPK. SCOTT STEVENS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 7:54 6. TPK. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 2:03 EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY SERGEI BEREZIN 8. TPK. DANIEL ALFREDSSON - 4 Minutes: 3rd 6:05 9. SEA. KIRK MALTBY - 4 Minutes: 3rd 6:05 10. TPK. BRAD RICHARDS - 2 Minutes: 3rd 9:02 11. TPK. SERGEI BEREZIN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 13:35 12. TPK. BRAD RICHARDS - 2 Minutes: 3rd 19:16 I N J U R I E S NONE Player Stats For Topeka Scarecrows PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA AS DANIEL ALFREDSSON 0 6 0 1 4 0 0 0-0 33 18:32 0 3 SERGEI BEREZIN -1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 29 15:28 0 1 CHRIS CHELIOS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 36 20:07 2 0 SHANE HNIDY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 20 11:32 0 0 OLLI JOKINEN 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 12-4 39 21:21 0 3 JOE JUNEAU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 15 9:08 0 0 ALEX KHAVANOV 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 43 25:45 2 0 BRIAN LEETCH -1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 47 27:11 0 2 GRANT MARSHALL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 10:48 1 0 REM MURRAY 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 26 15:12 1 0 CHRIS PHILLIPS 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:12 0 0 BRAD RICHARDS -1 1 0 1 4 0 0 2-2 29 16:35 0 3 MARTIN RUCINSKY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 23 13:59 0 0 JOE SAKIC 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 24 13:36 1 1 SCOTT STEVENS 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 33 18:37 1 0 TIM TAYLOR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-1 22 12:41 0 0 STEPHANE YELLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 24 14:15 0 0 STEVE YZERMAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 27 14:48 2 0 BENCH 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 0 32 2 4 16 0 0 22-10 10 13 Player Stats For Seattle Rainiers PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA AS NICK BOYNTON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 18:42 0 2 ANDREW BRUNETTE 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 28 16:34 3 2 CHRIS DRURY 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 5-2 32 17:51 0 2 MIKE FISHER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10-7 21 10:48 0 0 DANY HEATLEY 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 17:51 1 4 ED JOVANOVSKI 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 0-0 41 23:44 1 2 VIKTOR KOZLOV 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 12:49 1 2 KIRK MALTBY 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0-0 32 17:44 1 0 PATRICK MARLEAU 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 28 16:06 0 2 ANDY McDONALD -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6-2 32 19:07 0 1 LADISLAV NAGY -1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 33 18:41 0 3 MARK PARRISH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:08 0 0 MARCUS RAGNARSSON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 31 17:58 0 0 JAROSLAV SPACEK 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 46 26:28 2 3 ALEX TANGUAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 17:51 0 0 VITALY VISHNEVSKI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 13:21 0 0 JASON WOOLLEY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 10:45 1 0 TYLER WRIGHT 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 16 9:56 1 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL -1 39 3 5 10 1 1 22-12 11 23 Goalie Stats For Topeka Scarecrows PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS JOHN GRAHAME 59 39 3 0 10 9 104 TOMMY SALO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goalie Stats For Seattle Rainiers PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS J-S GIGUERE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VESA TOSKALA 60 32 2 0 9 7 105 POWER PLAY OPP GOALS Topeka Scarecrows 2 0 Seattle Rainiers 5 1