READING, Pa. - The top-seeded Elmira Jackals failed to even their first-round playoff series with Reading on Wednesday with a 4-2 loss and now need to win the final three games to advance in the postseason.

The good news for Elmira is it will have home-ice advantage for the rest of the series. Game 3 is Friday, Game 4 would be Saturday and Game 5 would be Monday with each game starting at 7:05.