The Florida Everblades saw their frustrations continue after suffering a tough 2-1 loss to the Gwinnett Gladiators Tuesday night, pushing their winless streak to five games.

The Everblades (21-17-2) scored first in the contest between South Division rivals just past the midpoint of the first period. Alex Imbeault added to his team-leading goal total when he slipped a back-hand shot from the top of the crease between the pads of Gladiators net-minder Chris Carrozzi at 12:20. Mathieu Roy and Phil Paquet picked up the assists on Imbeault’s 20th goal of the season.

The score remained 1-0 through the second period when the Everblades outshot Gwinnett 16-11. In the third period, the Gladiators (18-17-5) came out flying and after the dust settled the Everblades were outshot 22-6 and Gwinnett notched a pair of goals.

The first of the goals came early in the frame at 4:19 when former Everblade Drew Paris fired a shot from the top of the left circle that found its way through traffic and past goaltender Jaroslav Janus.

Gwinnett took the lead with the eventual game-winner at 13:52 on a power play goal. After Janus made two big saves on Tom Zanoski from the top of the crease, Andy Brandt swiped the loose puck inside the right post for his eighth goal of the season.

In the closing seconds it looked like the Everblades might tie the game with goaltender pulled for an extra attacker, but a loose puck at the open left side of the Gladiator net hopped over the stick of Imbeault and rolled harmlessly to the corner.

Janus played well, but suffered the tough luck loss to see his record fall to 8-9-0 despite stopping 39-of-41 shots.

The Everblades return to action Thursday at Greenville.