Giants keep up chase in second

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Belfast Giants kept up the chase in second in the Elite League table with two points in a 6-1 win over Fife Flyers in Kirkcaldy.

The Flyers, who lost Drake Pilon in the week, handed debuts to two-way players Joshua Saunders, Owen Dell and Rhys Edwards as they rolled 11 forwards for the first time in several weeks.

Pierre-Oliiver Morin opened the scoring at 4:36 with a rap-in off a rebound from an Elijiah Barriga shot to put the visitors ahead, but Fife were level by 12:34 when Ryan Foss's throw to the net deflected in off Massimo Carozza's skate at the top of the crease.

A mike Lee snap-shot from the point put the Giants back ahead 5:17 into period two, and within seven minutes the visitors were 5-1 up.

Scott Conway was credited with the goal at 28:19 that came back off the glass bhind the net and hit a Flyers defenseman to find its way into the net, while Karl Boudrais took Bo Hanson's excellent pass up the middle and beat Owen at 28:40.

Ben Lake made it 5-1 with a one-timer from the far post at 32:18.

Morin bookended the scoring with the final goal of the game at 56:27.