Monsters Gain Point in 3-2 Overtime Loss to Checkers

Mar 11, 2020

The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters fell to the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday evening at Bojangles' Coliseum. With the loss, the Monsters are now 24-31-5-2 and are currently in eighth place in the AHL’s North Division standings with 55 points.

 

Following a scoreless first period, Lindsay Sparks notched a tally at 7:42 of the middle frame with helpers from Brett Gallant and Adam Clendening giving the Monsters a 1-0 lead after 40 minutes. Charlotte’s Steven Lorentz tied the game with a marker at 3:39 of the third period, but Trey Fix-Wolansky responded with a goal at 8:21 off feeds from Marko Dano and Sam Vigneault to regain the lead. The Checkers tied the game at 14:26 after Jake Bean recorded a marker forcing overtime and secured the win following Lorentz’s power-play goal at 2:45 of the extra frame.

 

Cleveland’s Matiss Kivlenieks made 30 saves in defeat while Charlotte’s Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 28 shots in victory.

 

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Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	0	1	1	-	-	2
CHA	0	0	2	1	-	3

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	30	0/5	4/4	10 min / 5 inf
CHA	33	0/4	5/5	12 min / 6 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Kivlenieks	OT	30	3	9-8-3
CHA	Nideljkovic	W	28	2	16-10-2

 

Cleveland Record: 24-31-5-2, 8th North Division

Charlotte Record: 34-22-5-0, 4th Atlantic Division

 

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