Monsters tripped up in 5-2 loss to Penguins
Mar 18, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 5-2 on Monday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 35-19-3-3 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Penguins struck first after a goal from Jagger Joshua at 5:45 of the opening frame, but Jake Gaudet converted on the man advantage at 15:11 off feeds from Owen Sillinger and Stanislav Svozil to tie the game. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Radim Zohorna recorded a tally at 16:42 sending Cleveland to the first intermission trailing 2-1. The Penguins added a marker from Vasily Ponomarev at 5:36 of the second period, but James Malatesta responded with a goal at 18:11 assisted by Tyler Angle and Alex Whelan bringing the score to 3-2 after 40 minutes of play. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Zohorna pushed the game out of reach after recording two goals in the third period at 4:16 and 18:03 putting the final score at 5-2.
Cleveland’s Malcolm Subban made 35 saves in defeat while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Joel Blomqvist stopped 25 shots for the win.
The Monsters welcome the Hershey Bears on Friday, March 22, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
|
WBS |
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
1/3 |
5/5 |
47 min / 10 inf |
|
WBS |
40 |
0/5 |
2/3 |
23 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Subban |
L |
35 |
5 |
11-15-4 |
|
WBS |
Blomqvist |
W |
25 |
2 |
20-9-6 |
Cleveland Record: 35-19-3-3, 1st North Division
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 31-20-8-1, 3rd Atlantic Division
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