Monsters earn point in 3-2 overtime loss to Comets
Jan 11, 2023The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Utica Comets 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday night at Adirondack Bank Center. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 13-15-2-2 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Robbie Payne scored the lone goal of the opening frame at 16:22 assisted by Tyler Irvine and Ben Copeland sending Cleveland to the first intermission up 1-0. The Comets responded with a marker from Ryan Schmelzer at 12:47 of the second period knotting the game 1-1 after 40 minutes. Jake Christiansen notched a tally at 11:03 of the third frame off a feed from Cole Fonstad, but Utica’s Graeme Clarke scored at 19:01 to force the game into extra time. The Comets made quick work of overtime with a goal from Andreas Johnsson at 1:01 bringing the final score to 3-2.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 24 saves in defeat while Utica’s Akira Schmid stopped 25 shots for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
2 |
|
UTC |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
0/2 |
3/3 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
UTC |
27 |
0/3 |
2/2 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
OT |
24 |
3 |
4-7-2 |
|
UTC |
Schmid |
W |
25 |
2 |
6-1-3 |
Cleveland Record: 13-15-2-2, 7th North Division
Utica Record: 18-9-5-1, 2nd North Division
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