Monsters Pick Up Point in Overtime Loss to Americans
Nov 15, 2019The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters fell in a 3-2 loss to the Rochester Americans on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 8-6-1-1 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings with 18 points.
Zac Dalpe scored a shorthanded goal in the first period to give Cleveland the early lead, but Rochester answered with a pair of goals in the middle frame from Lawrence Pilut followed by Jean-Sebastien Dea on the power play. Ryan MacInnis notched the tying marker with just over a minute to play to give the Monsters a point in the standings, but Americans’ Andrew Oglevie scored under a minute into the overtime to secure the win. Cleveland’s Matiss Kivlenieks stopped 20 shots in the overtime loss while Rochester backstop Jonas Johansson had 25 saves for the win.
Scoring:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SO | Final | |
| CLE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 |
| ROC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 |
SHOTS/SPECIAL TEAMS:
| Shots | PP | PK | PIM | |
| CLE | 27 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 6 min / 3 inf |
| ROC | 23 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
| Goaltender | Outcome | Saves | GA | Record | |
| CLE | Kivlenieks | OT | 20 | 3 | 5-2-1 |
| ROC | Johansson | W | 25 | 2 | 4-2-2 |
Cleveland Record: 8-6-1-1, 5th North Division
Rochester Record: 9-3-1-2, 1st North Division
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