HARTFORD, Conn. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins improved to 3-0-0-0 with their 5-2 triumph over the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday night at PeoplesBank Arena.
Atley Calvert scored twice, while veterans Danton Heinen and Ryan Graves both secured a pair of assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to pick up its eighth-straight win against Hartford.
At the end of a feverish and fast-paced first period, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton boasted a 2-0 lead. First, Rafaël Harvey-Pinard took a magnificent stretch pass from Chase Pietila to break behind the Wolf Pack defense and net his first goal as a Penguin. Three minutes later, Calvert took advantage of a Hartford miscue and rifled it behind Dylan Garand.
Avery Hayes extended the Penguins’ lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal six minutes into the second stanza. Hayes picked the far corner after scooping up a pass from Sam Poulin. Poulin’s assist extended his season-opening point streak to three games.
Hartford started to rally with a late strike in the second period. Gabe Perreault gathered his first pro goal by perfectly tipping a point shot under the crossbar of the Penguins’ net with 3:36 left before the second intermission.
Adam Sýkora banked in another redirection goal for Hartford at 6:50 of the third, bringing the Wolf Pack within one.
Calvert notched his second tally of the night by slamming in a rebound atop Garand’s crease. Calvert’s deposit following Graves’ drive from the blue line put Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ahead, 4-2, at the 12-minute mark of the final frame.
With the Penguins facing a six-on-four penalty kill in the late stages of the third period, Tristan Broz sealed the win with a shorthanded, empty-net goal.
Sergei Murashov made 28 saves in the victory, improving his AHL career record to 14-3-0. Garand turned aside 27 of the 31 shots he faced.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s next game is tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 18, when the Penguins square off against the Bridgeport Islanders. Game time between the Pens and Isles is 7:00 p.m. at Total Mortgage Arena.
The Penguins’ next home game is against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Puck drop for the Penguins and Phantoms is slated for Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza.
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