The T-Birds defeated the Silvertips 5-4 in overtime Tuesday night at ShoWare Center to take a 3-0 lead in their Western Conference Semifinal series. Mathew Barzal scored the overtime game-winning goal 1:30 into overtime to get the T-Birds the win. Barzal tied the game 4-4 early in the third period. Keegan Kolesar, Nolan Volcan and Alexander True had the T-Birds first three goals of the game. Carl Stankowski made 14 saves to get his seventh win of the playoffs.