GAME PREVIEW: March 4 at Bridgeport
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins play a pair of road games against the Bridgeport Islanders on Friday & Saturday.
Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins (23-22-2-4, 52 pts, .510%, 6th in Atlantic Division) at Bridgeport Islanders (20-23-5-4, 49 pts, .471%, 8th in Atlantic Division)
March 4, 2022 | 7:00 PM ET | Webster Bank Arena
March 5, 2022 | 7:00 PM ET | Webster Bank Arena
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SEASON SERIES
DATE | TIME | VISITING TEAM | SCORE | HOME TEAM | SCORE | RESULT |
Fri., Feb. 4 | — | BPT | 3 | WBS | 4 | Win |
Sat., Feb. 26 | — | WBS | 5 | BPT | 3 | Win |
Fri., Mar. 4 | 7:00 | WBS | 4 | BPT | 5 | Loss |
Sat., Mar. 5 | 7:00 | WBS | — | BPT | — | — |
Sat., Apr. 2 | 7:05 | BPT | — | WBS | — | — |
Sat., Apr. 16 | 7:05 | BPT | — | WBS | — | — |
TEAM LEADERS
CATEGORY | | | PENGUINS | | | ISLANDERS |
GOALS | | | Alex Nylander & Valtteri Puustinen – 16 | | | Chris Terry – 19 |
ASSISTS | | | P.O Joseph – 19 | | | Otto Koivula – 26 |
POINTS | | | Valtteri Puustinen – 33 | | | Chris Terry – 42 |
PIM | | | Jordy Bellerive – 71 | | | Parker Wotherspoon – 101 |
WINS | | | Tommy Nappier – 8 | | | Jakub Skarek – 12 |
GAA | | | Alex D’Orio – 2.71 | | | Ken Appleby – 2.23 |
NEWS AND NOTES
Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins
Mitch Reinke has points in seven of his past eight games (1+6=7) and carries a four-game point streak into Saturday’s action.
Drew O’Connor has points in eight of the 10 games he has appeared in with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this season.
O’Connor carries a four-game point streak into Saturday’s game.
O’Connor recorded a career-best three points (1+2) in Sunday’s win over the Syracuse Crunch.
O’Connor now has 31 points (12+19) in 30 career games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Filip Hallander recorded his first career hat trick in the last meeting between the Penguins and Islanders.
Chris Ortiz recorded his first career AHL goal in Friday night’s contest against the Islanders.
Felix Robert broke an 11-game goal drought by scoring twice in Friday night’s game.
Bridgeport Islanders
Andy Andreoff carries a season-long seven-game point streak into Saturday’s rematch (5+5).
Leading scorer Chris Terry has five goals and nine points in his last five games entering Saturday.
The Penguins’ next home game is Wednesday, Mar. 9 when the Cleveland Monsters come to town. Puck drop for the Penguins and Monsters is slated for 7:05 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
Individual game tickets for the Penguins’ remaining home games as well as season-ticket packages for the upcoming 2022-23 season are on sale now. Full-Season, 22-game, 12-game, Flexbook and Premium Seating plans are available by reaching out to the Penguins directly at (570) 208-7367.
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