Monsters battle back for 3-2 overtime victory over Penguins
Mar 9, 2022The Cleveland Monsters beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. With the win, the Monsters are now 20-22-6-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Penguins recorded two goals in the opening frame from Kasper Bjorkqvist at 4:18 and Drew O’Connor on the man advantage at 16:50 sending the Monsters to the first intermission trailing 2-0. Cleveland’s special teams shined in the middle frame beginning with a power-play goal from Carson Meyer at 3:39 assisted by Jake Christiansen and Kevin Stenlund to get the Monsters on the board. Christiansen added a tally on the man advantage at 7:51 off feeds from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Meyer tying the game 2-2 after 40 minutes. After a scoreless third period, Dillon Simpson became the overtime hero with a marker at 2:26 off a helper from Cole Cassels securing Cleveland’s 3-2 comeback win.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 32 saves for the victory while Wilkes-Barre’s Alex D’Orio made 24 saves in defeat.
The Monsters continue the road trip to visit the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday, March 11, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Van Andel Arena. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- |
3 |
|
WBS |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
2/4 |
3/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
WBS |
34 |
1/4 |
2/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
32 |
2 |
8-6-1 |
|
WBS |
D’Orio |
OT |
24 |
3 |
7-9-4 |
Cleveland Record: 20-22-6-4, 7th North Division
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 23-23-4-4, 6th Atlantic Division
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