Monsters Complete Comeback To Win 4-3 In Providence
Nov 17, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Providence Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Sunday afternoon at Amica Mutual Pavilion. With the win, the Monsters are now 10-4-0-1 and currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Providence jumped out front first with Max Jones scoring 12:57 into the first frame giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead through 20 minutes. Rocco Grimaldi scored on the power play at 6:22 of the second period with Denton Mateychuk and Trey Fix-Wolansky grabbing assists to make it a 1-1 game. The Bruins followed with two tallies as Marc McLaughlin and Tyler Pitlick went back-to-back at the 7:08 and 16:04 marks making it a 3-1 Providence lead through two frames. Cleveland was able to bounce back in the later half of the final period beginning with a goal from Fix-Wolansky tying the game at 12:14 assisted by Madison Bowey and Grimaldi. Grimaldi added his second goal of the night at the 19:27 mark to force overtime off feeds from Stanislav Svozil and Owen Sillinger. Just 19 seconds into overtime, Mateychuk scored his second game-winning goal of the weekend with Luca Del Bel Belluz and Grimaldi racking up helpers on the play to win 4-3, earning the Monsters their sixth win in a row.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 20 saves for the win while Providence’s Michael DiPietro stopped 29 shots in defeat.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
4 |
|
PRO |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
1/5 |
3/3 |
16 min / 4 inf |
|
PRO |
23 |
0/3 |
4/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
20 |
3 |
5-3-1 |
|
PRO |
DiPietro |
OTL |
29 |
4 |
5-2-2 |
Cleveland Record: 10-4-0-1, 2nd North Division
Providence Record: 6-7-2-0, 6th Atlantic Division
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