The Worcester Railers trailed after 20 minutes again Saturday night, 2-1, and wound up losing 4-2 to the Greensboro Gargoyles despite a third-period surge.

The loss snapped the Railers’ four-game winning streak. If Worcester had won it would have vaulted over the Gargoyles and out of the North Division cellar. In fact, the lower half of the standings are so close that if Saturday night’s results had all fallen the right way, Worcester could have found itself in fourth place.

Also, if the Railers had played as well in the first and second periods as it did in the third, they would have won. Down by 3-2, Worcester outshot Greensboro, 12-3, in the final 20 minutes and one of those Gargoyles shots was an empty net goal.

The Railers had an array of fabulous chances in the third but were stym

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