Monsters earn point in 4-3 overtime loss to Bruins
Feb 23, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Providence Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Friday night at the Amica Mutual Pavilion. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 30-15-3-2 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Providence’s Dan Renouf scored a shorthanded goal at 6:36 of the first period, but Brendan Gaunce put home a marker at 9:03 assisted by Roman Ahcan and David Jiricek to tie the game. Jiricek closed out the opening frame with a tally at 19:59 off a faceoff win from Gaunce putting Cleveland ahead 2-1 after 20 minutes. The Bruins added two more shorthanded markers in the second period courtesy of Jayson Megna 10:50 and Marc McLaughlin at 19:38 sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 3-2. Trey Fix-Wolansky recorded a late goal at 18:04 of the third period off feeds from Gaunce and Jake Christiansen forcing the game into extra time. Providence’s Georgii Merkulov made quick work scoring 45 seconds into overtime bringing the final score to 4-3.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 31 saves in defeat while Providence’s Michael DiPietro stopped 28 shots for the win.
The Monsters have a rematch against the Providence Bruins on Sunday, February 25, at 3:05 p.m. at Amica Mutual Pavilion. 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 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
3 |
|
PRO |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
31 |
0/4 |
2/2 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
PRO |
35 |
0/2 |
4/4 |
14 min / 7 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
OT |
31 |
4 |
5-5-3 |
|
PRO |
DiPietro |
W |
28 |
3 |
16-6-0 |
Cleveland Record: 30-15-3-2, 1st North Division
Providence Record: 31-15-3-2, 2nd Atlantic Division
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