Monsters Fall 5-4 In Overtime To Penguins
Feb 8, 2025The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 5-4 in overtime on Saturday night at the Mohegan Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 24-13-4-4 and in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Cleveland’s Joseph LaBate opened the scoring at 3:22 of the first period with Jordan Dumais and Stanislav Svozil grabbing assists for the 1-0 lead. At 7:16, Wilkes-Barre’s Jack St. Ivany tied the game up 1-1. The Monsters scored three unanswered goals starting with Rocco Grimaldi at 7:52 assisted by Justin Pearson and Svozil. Trey Fix-Wolansky converted on the power play at 8:51 off feeds from Stefan Matteau and Grimaldi. LaBate added a tally on the man advantage at 10:15 with helpers from Owen Sillinger and Dumais for the 4-1 lead at the first break. The Penguins went on to score four unanswered goals starting with one in the middle frame from Joona Koppanen at 5:32 drawing the score to 4-2 after 40 minutes. Jonathan Gruden added another for the Penguins in the third frame at 11:05 followed by Sam Poulin at 19:41. Owen Pickering netted the game winner for Wilkes-Barre at 4:36 of the overtime period to take the 5-4 overtime win.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 37 saves in defeat while Wilkes-Barre’s Sergei Murashov stopped 29 shots for the win.
The Monsters head home to face the Rochester Americans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on WTAM 1100, FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
4 |
|
WBS |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
2/8 |
4/4 |
15 min / 6 inf |
|
WBS |
42 |
0/4 |
6/8 |
23 min / 10 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
OTL |
37 |
5 |
13-7-5 |
|
WBS |
Murashov |
W |
29 |
4 |
6-0-0 |
Cleveland Record: 24-13-4-4, 3rd North Division
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 26-11-4-0, 2nd Atlantic Division
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