The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Charlotte Checkers meet in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs, and to get you ready, we’ve put together this quick side-by-side comparison on how the teams fared this season.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON STATS
PENGUINS
CHECKERS
RECORD
45-22-6-3, 99 PTS
46-26-1-3, 96 PTS
GOALS FOR/AGAINST
252/233
262/212
PENALTY MINUTES
1,161
902
POWER PLAY
41/298 – 13.8%
70/343 – 20.4%
PENALTY KILL
291/355 – 82.0%
255/314 – 81.2%
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON LEADERS
PENGUINS
CHECKERS
GAMES
Kevin Czuczman – 71
Andrew Poturalski & Philip Samuelsson – 76
GOALS
Daniel Sprong – 32
Valentin Zykov – 33
ASSISTS
Daniel Sprong – 33
Lucas Wallmark – 38
POINTS
Daniel Sprong – 65
Lucas Wallmark – 55
+/-
Zach Trotman – plus-24
Philip Sameulsson – plus-44
PIM
Garrett Wilson – 139
Trevor Carrick – 85
PPG
Daniel Sprong – 11
Valentin Zykov – 17
SHG
Jean-Sebastien Dea – 4
Warren Foegele – 4
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON GOALTENDERS
PENGUINS
CHECKERS
Name
GP
Record
GAA
SV%
SO
Name
GP
Record
GAA
SV%
SO
Anthony Peters
24
12-7-3
2.71
0.907
1
Alex Nedeljkovic
49
31-12-3
2.55
0.903
5
Michael Leighton
6
5-0-0
2.66
0.913
0
Jeremy Smith
30
13-13-1
2.71
0.902
0
Tristan Jarry
16
9-5-2
3.05
0.901
0
This is the second playoff meeting between the Penguins and Checkers, who also faced off in the East Division Final back in 2011.Charlotte won that series, 4-2.
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