PENGUINS WEEKLY – 3/15/22

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15 Mar, 22
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton heating up before St. Pat’s Day Celebration on Saturday

PENGUINS WEEKLY – Penguins (25-23-4-4) have earned points in four-straight, six-straight home games

 

Penguins Weekly Rewind

Wednesday, Mar. 9 – PENGUINS 2 vs. Cleveland 3 (OT)
The Penguins jumped out to a 2-0 lead with first-period goals from Kasper Björkqvist and Drew O’Connor, but the Monsters rallied with a pair of power-play goals in the second. Cleveland captain Dillion Simpson ultimately won the game in OT.

Saturday, Mar. 12 – PENGUINS 6 vs. Laval 2
Sam Poulin’s first career hat trick helped lead Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton to victory on its annual Star Wars Night. Other multi-point performers for the Penguins included Félix Robert (1G-1A), Anthony Angello (2A) and Juuso Riikola (2A), while Louis Domingue made 37 saves in his return from injury.

Sunday, Mar. 13 – PENGUINS 4 vs. Hartford 2
Drew O’Connor and Alex Nylander led the Penguins’ offense to a key win over a division foe. After a quiet first period, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton rattled off three-straight goals. Hartford made things interesting with a pair of extra-attacker goals late, but the Penguins had built enough cushion to secure the win.

 

The Week Ahead

Friday, Mar. 18 – PENGUINS vs. Syracuse
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Syracuse square off for the second time this season. In their only previous meeting, Feb. 27, the Penguins won in overtime, 4-3. Since then, Alex Barré-Boulet has 10 points (5G-5A) in seven games.

Saturday, Mar. 19 – PENGUINS vs. Utica
For the Penguins’ annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, they will host one of the toughest opponents on their schedule: the Eastern Conference-leading Utica Comets. Utica has an overall record of 34-12-6-0 and is 6-3-1-0 in its last 10 games. Since 2015-16, 11 of the last 13 games between the Penguins and Comets have been decided by one goal, with seven of those contests requiring overtime.

 

Ice Chips

– Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is 4-0-1-1 in its last six home games.

– Drew O’Connor has 12 points (5G-7A) in his last nine games.

– Saturday marked Alex Nylander’s 300th game as a pro.

– With an assist on Sunday, Mitch Reinke earned the 100th point of his AHL career.

– Jamie Devane’s next game will be his 400th as a pro.

– The Pittsburgh Penguins signed undrafted free agent Corey Andonovski on Thursday, and he will join Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on an ATO. Andonovski led Princeton University in goals (10), assists (12) and points (22) this season.

 

DIVISION STANDINGS

TEAM                      GP       W         L       OTL     SOL     PTS     Pts%

1. Springfield         55       30        17         5          2        69       .627

2. Providence        51       28        17         3          3        62       .608

3. Hartford             52       27        18         5          2        61      .587

4. Charlotte            57       31        22        4           0        66       .579

5. Hershey              57       29        21         4          3        65       .570

6. PENGUINS         56       25        23         4          4        58       .518

7. Bridgeport         57       23        25         5          4        55       .482

8. Lehigh Valley     55       20        25         7          3        50       .455

 

TEAM LEADERS

SKATERS                         GP        G         A        PTS

Valtteri Puustinen         54        17       17        34

Alex Nylander                49        18       13        31

Pierre-Olivier Joseph^  42         9         21        30

Félix Robert                    49        13        13        26

Sam Poulin                     52        10        16        26

 

GOALIES                       GP      W-L-OT      GAA       SV%    Shutouts

Louis Domingue          12        5-4-2         2.57       .923            0

Filip Lindberg*              7         4-2-0         2.76        .915           0

Alex D’Oriox                  21        7-9-4         2.91       .894           1

Tommy Nappier*         17        8-7-2         3.05       .891           0

* = rookie
^ = currently with Pittsburgh
x = reassigned to Wheeling

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE

DATE                OPPONENT       LOCATION                                TIME      

Fri, Mar. 18      Syracuse            Mohegan Sun Arena               7:05 p.m.

Sat, Mar. 19     Utica                   Mohegan Sun Arena               6:05 p.m.

 

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Thu, Mar. 10   (G) Alex D’Orio                             Reassigned by PIT to WHL

Thu, Mar. 10   (RW) Corey Andonovski                                   Signed to ATO

Fri, Mar. 11     (D) Pierre-Olivier Joseph                      Reassigned from PIT

Sat, Mar. 12    (C) Radim Zohorna                                          Recalled to PIT

Sat, Mar. 12    (RW) Valtteri Puusitnen                        Reassigned from PIT

 

PENGUINS WEEKLY – Individual game tickets as well as season-ticket packages for the 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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