Monsters late scoring leads to 3-2 win over Wolves

Feb 19, 2023

 

CHICAGO – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Chicago Wolves 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Allstate Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 22-21-3-2 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Chicago’s Malte Stromwall scored the lone goal of the first period at 13:35 making it 1-0 Chicago going into the first intermission. Joona Luoto scored late in the middle frame on a breakaway at 19:04 pushing the score to 1-1 after 40 minutes. Cleveland struck first in the final frame courtesy of Roman Ahcan’s goal at 5:29 off assists from Robbie Payne and Jake Christiansen and was followed by Josh Dunne’s empty net goal at 17:32 with helpers from Payne and Luoto. Chicago’s Jamieson Rees scored late in the period at 18:27 but fell short pushing the final score to 3-2 Monsters.

 

Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 22 saves for the win while Chicago’s Zachary Sawchenko stopped 12 shots in defeat.

                                             

The Monsters face off against the Utica Comets on Wednesday, February 22, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

Stay up to date on all Monsters news with the Monsters Mobile App presented by University Hospitals available to download at the Apple Store or Google Play Store. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

 

Scoring:

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

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	15	0/2	3/3	6 min / 3 inf
CHI	24	0/3	2/2	4 min / 2 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Cajan	W	22	2	8-7-2
CHI	Sawchenko	L	12	3	10-15-1-1

Cleveland Record: 22-21-3-2, 5th North Division

Chicago Record: 19-23-3-2, 7th Central Division

 

GAME SHEET – GAME PHOTOS – GAME HIGHLIGHTS*

*Game highlights will appear as soon as possible following video processing.