Monsters secure 4-3 overtime win against Wolf Pack
Dec 6, 2023The Cleveland Monsters beat the Hartford Wolf Pack 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday night at the XL Center. With the win, the Monsters are now 14-5-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Monsters Cameron Butler opened the scoring in the first period with his first professional goal at 3:05 off feeds from Jake Christiansen and Owen Sillinger, answered by two Wolf Pack goals from Brennan Othmann on a power play at 7:42 and Brett Bedard at 9:54 bringing the score to 2-1 Wolf Pack after the first. Cleveland’s Carson Meyer took lone control of the second period with his first tally of the night at 8:56 assisted by Sillinger and Marcus Bjork followed by his second goal of the game unassisted at 12:47 putting the Monsters ahead 3-2 after 40 minutes. Hartford’s Brandon Scanlon scored the only goal during the third period at 10:36 forcing a 3-3 tie, sending the game into overtime. Luca Del Bel Belluz secured the win for Cleveland in the extra frame with a tally at 2:28 assisted by Sillinger and Stanislav Svozil bringing the final score to 4-3 Monsters.
Cleveland’s Tarasov had 36 stops for the win while Hartford’s Louis Domingue made 23 saves in defeat.
The Monsters continue their road trip and travel to face the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins on Friday, December 8, at 7:05 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. 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 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- |
4 |
|
HFD |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
0/4 |
3/4 |
13 min / 5 inf |
|
HFD |
39 |
1/4 |
4/4 |
13 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Tarasov |
W |
36 |
3 |
2-0-0 |
|
HFD |
Domingue |
L |
23 |
4 |
7-1-1 |
Cleveland Record: 14-5-1-0, 1st North Division
Hartford Record: 14-4-3-0, 2nd Atlantic Division
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