Monsters Comeback Falls Short in 3-1 Loss to Penguins
Dec 14, 2019The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters fell to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-1 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in front of 11,567 fans and 8,672 stuffed animals. With the loss, the Monsters are now 13-12-1-2 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings with 29 points.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Anthony Angello scored the only marker of the opening period at 9:02 to give the visitors a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
Angello doubled the lead for the Penguins at 8:40 of the middle frame, but Dillon Simpson cut the score to 2-1 at 14:25 with his power-play goal and helpers from Adam Clendening and Jakob Lilja to close out the second period.
The Penguins secured a 3-1 win after Thomas Di Pauli put away an empty-net marker at 19:05 in the final period.
Veini Vehvilainen made 26 saves in the loss while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Dustin Tokarski stopped 27 pucks for the win.
The Monsters visit the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday night with an 8:00 p.m. puck drop at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on ALT 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SO | Final | |
| CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| WBS | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
| Shots | PP | PK | PIM | |
| CLE | 28 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 8 min / 4 inf |
| WBS | 29 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 12 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
| Goaltender | Outcome | Saves | GA | Record | |
| CLE | Vehvilainen | L | 26 | 2 | 5-7-1 |
| WBS | Tokarski | L | 27 | 1 | 3-1-1 |
Cleveland Record: 13-12-1-2, 7th North Division
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 14-10-3-1, 3rd Atlantic Division
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