Rangers take control of playoff series with Game 2 win

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The Kitchener Rangers defeated the Windsor Spitfires on Sunday in Game 2.

They now have a 2-0 lead in their playoff series.

The Spitfires opened the scoring early, marking the second straight game in the series that the Rangers gave up the first goal.

Kitchener responded on the power play when Sam O’Reilly scored to tie the game.

Just two minutes later, the Rangers struck again while short-handed. This time, O’Reilly set up Jack Pridham, who scored to give Kitchener the lead.

The Rangers held off Windsor for the rest of the game, preventing any further goals and securing the win.

“The Rangers were a perfect 4/4 on the penalty kill and both of their goals came via the special teams, once on the power play and once on the penalty kill,” Rangers spokesperson, Luca Lombardi, explained in an email to CTV News.

He also said the Rangers have the second-best power play (33.1 per cent) and penalty kill (88.9 per cent) in the playoffs.

The series now shifts to Windsor, with Game 3 set for Monday at the WFCU Centre.