{"id":199598,"date":"2026-03-01T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199598\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:13:08","slug":"coachella-valley-firebirds-beat-bakersfield-condors-3-2-in-shootout-at-acrisure-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199598\/","title":{"rendered":"Coachella Valley Firebirds Beat Bakersfield Condors 3-2 in Shootout at Acrisure Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Coachella Valley Firebirds picked up a hard-fought 3-2 shootout victory over the Bakersfield Condors tonight at Acrisure Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Firebirds came out strong, jumping to an early 2-0 lead with goals from Tyson Jugnauth and Jani Nyman. But Bakersfield battled back, eventually tying the game to force overtime.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless overtime period, the game moved to a shootout, where Eduard \u0160al\u00e9 delivered the decisive goal to seal the win for Coachella Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Derek Laxdal said while the victory wasn\u2019t the team\u2019s cleanest performance, he was pleased with how his players competed and stayed composed under pressure. He also credited goaltender Niklas Kokko for keeping the game within reach during key moments.<\/p>\n<p>Laxdal praised the team\u2019s resilience, noting they built an early lead, weathered Bakersfield\u2019s push, and ultimately finished the job in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>With the win secured, the Firebirds now turn their attention to their next matchup Wednesday night on the road against the Henderson Silver Knights.<\/p>\n<p>Explore: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-500 underline\" href=\"http:\/\/NBCPalmSprings.com\">NBCPalmSprings.com<\/a>, where we are connecting the Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Coachella Valley Firebirds picked up a hard-fought 3-2 shootout victory over the Bakersfield Condors tonight at Acrisure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[92827,92834,151,153,152,92825,92832,92828,92826,92833,92830,92831,92829],"class_list":["post-199598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-acrisure-arena-hockey","tag-ahl-hockey-coachella-valley","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-coachella-valley-firebirds-score","tag-derek-laxdal-firebirds-coach","tag-eduard-al-shootout-goal","tag-firebirds-vs-bakersfield-condors","tag-henderson-silver-knights-game-preview","tag-jani-nyman-goal-firebirds","tag-niklas-kokko-saves-firebirds","tag-tyson-jugnauth-goal-firebirds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}