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The Ontario Reign opened their Pacific Division semifinal series with a 3-1 win over Abbotsford at Toyota Arena on Wednesday night. The Reign lead the best-of-five series, one game to none, and will host Game 2 on Sunday. Rookie Erik Portillo made 23 saves for his third consecutive win to open the postseason. T.J. Tynan led the way offensively with a goal and an assist. Alex Turcotte and Nikita Pavlychev scored their first career playoff goals for the Reign, who improved to 22-4-0-1 since Feb. 23. Max Sasson tallied the only goal for the Canucks, who got 18 saves from Zach Sawchenko. (Ontario leads series, 1-0)
Game 1 - Wed., May 1 - ONTARIO 3, Abbotsford 1
Game 2 - Sun., May 5 - Abbotsford at Ontario, 6:00
Game 3 - Wed., May 8 - Ontario at Abbotsford, 10:00
*Game 4 - Fri., May 10 - Ontario at Abbotsford, 10:00
*Game 5 - Sun., May 12 - Ontario at Abbotsford, 7:00
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