Overview
- Ontario won 2-1 Tuesday at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five AHL Pacific Division semifinal.
- Aatu Jämsen tied the game 5:56 into the third period and Logan Brown scored the winner 80 seconds later.
- Erik Portillo started for the Reign and stopped 27 of 28 shots after pregame questions about Ontario’s Portillo–Copley goalie rotation.
- Firebirds goalie Nikke Kokko made 22 saves, and Coachella Valley went 0-for-2 on the power play as Ontario killed a late 6-on-4 to close it out.
- Game 4 is Thursday, May 7 at Acrisure Arena, where a Reign win would end the Firebirds’ season and send Ontario to the next round.