Monsters Rematch the Devils at Home

Feb 9, 2020

In the fourth of four meetings between the two teams this season, the Cleveland Monsters, affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, drop the puck vs. the Binghamton Devils, AHL affiliate of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, on Sunday with full coverage, live from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, underway at 1:00 pm on Alt 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 3-0 home win over the Binghamton Devils on Friday, the Cleveland Monsters enter today’s game at 22-22-2-2 on the season. With 48 points, the Monsters currently rank seventh in the AHL’s North Division standings and 13th in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by D Adam Clendening (6-26-32), C Stefan Matteau (11-16-27) and LW Nathan Gerbe (8-17-25).

 

DEVILS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 0-3 road loss to the Cleveland Monsters on Friday, the Binghamton Devils enter tonight’s game at 21-22-4-0 on the season. With 46 points, the Devils currently rank eighth in the AHL’s North Division standings and 15th in the Eastern Conference. Binghamton is currently led in scoring by C Brett Seney (15-22-37), RW Joey Anderson (15-19-34) and C Ben Street (13-20-33).

 

REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Sunday marks the fourth of four meetings between the Monsters and Devils this season and the second of two clashes between the two teams at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse this year. Cleveland is 1-2-0-0 vs. Binghamton overall this season with a -3 goal differential (7/10) and the Monsters are 1-0-0-0 vs. the Devils at home with a +3 goal differential (3/0).

MONSTERS GOALTENDERS:

35 Veini Vehvilainen	OVERALL	25 GP, (10-12-2), 3 SO, 2.46 GAA, .910 S%
	LAST APP.	(34/34) in 3-0 W vs BNG 2/7/20
	HEAD-TO-HEAD	2 GP, (1-1-0), 1 SO, 2.50 GAA, .924 S%
	AT HOME	14 GP, (5-7-1), 3 SO, 2.27 GAA, .915 S%
39 Brad Thiessen	OVERALL	4 GP, (2-1-0), 0 SO, 2.42 GAA, .901 S%
	LAST APP.	(26/28) in 3-2 W vs UTI 2/1/20
	HEAD-TO-HEAD	N/A
	AT HOME	2 GP, (2-0-0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .900 S%

DEVILS GOALTENDERS:

31 Gilles Senn	OVERALL	20 GP, (10-7-2), 0 SO, 2.89 GAA, .895 S%
	LAST APP.	(19/21) in 1-2 L at WBS 2/5/20
	HEAD-TO-HEAD	N/A
	ON THE ROAD	12 GP, (4-6-1), 0 SO, 3.29 GAA, .881 S%
35 Cory Schneider	OVERALL	11 GP, (5-6-0), 0 SO, 2.91 GAA, .897 S%
	LAST APP.	(17/19) in 0-3 L at CLE 2/7/20
	HEAD-TO-HEAD	2 GP, (1-1-0), 0 SO, 2.04 GAA, .920 S%
	ON THE ROAD	5 GP, (2-3-0), 0 SO, 3.34 GAA, .886 S%

 

KEYS TO SUCCESS:

• REINFORCEMENTS: Cleveland will be buoyed on Sunday by the arrival of C Ryan MacInnis, assigned to the Monsters by the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, and the signing to a pro tryout (PTO) contract by the Monsters of RW Abbott Girduckis of the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.
• DEVILS DESTROYER: Monsters C Sam Vigneault is scoring at a point per game pace vs. Binghamton this season (3 GP, 2-1-3), as is Cleveland LW Calvin Thurkauf (3 GP, 1-2-3) and Monsters D Adam Clendening (3 GP, 0-3-3).
• NEUTRALIZE NATE: The Monsters will look to limit Devils forward Nathan Bastien on Sunday as he’s got four points to his credit (2G, 2A) in three appearances vs. Cleveland this season.