Monsters battle to earn point in 3-2 overtime loss to Penguins
Apr 5, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell in overtime to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-2 on Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 35-23-5-3 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Penguins scored the only goal of the first period from Evan Vierling at 11:16 leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. Roman Ahcan deflected a shot from Jake Christiansen at 2:10 of the middle frame with a secondary assist from Owen Sillinger sending Cleveland to the final intermission tied 1-1. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Avery Hayes recorded a tally at 6:09 of the third period, but Stanislav Svozil responded with a marker at 19:00 off helpers from Ahcan and Stefan Matteau to force overtime. Just 35 seconds into the extra frame, the Penguins claimed the game after a goal from Radim Zohorna bringing the final score to 3-2.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan stopped 29 shots in defeat while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Joel Blomqvist made 28 saves for the win.
The Monsters conclude their road trip when they visit the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday, April 6, at 7:05 p.m. at PPL Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
2 |
|
WBS |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
30 |
0/5 |
5/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
WBS |
32 |
0/5 |
5/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
OT |
29 |
3 |
6-7-4 |
|
WBS |
Blomqvist |
W |
28 |
2 |
23-10-6 |
Cleveland Record: 35-23-5-3, 2nd North Division
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 34-22-8-1, 3rd Atlantic Division
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