Monsters pick up point in 5-4 shootout loss to Stars
Mar 28, 2025The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Texas Stars 5-4 in a shootout on Friday night with 12,015 fans in the stands at Rocket Arena. With the shootout loss, the Monsters are now 31-20-5-6 and in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Stars scored first courtesy of Kole Lind at 7:58 of the opening period, but Samuel Knazko responded with a tally at 8:20 off feeds from Jordan Dumais and Luca Pinelli tying the game. Texas’ Arttu Hyry notched a marker at 11:51 sending Cleveland to the locker room trailing 2-1 after 20 minutes. Trey Fix-Wolansky put home a tally at 11:33 of the middle frame with helpers from Cole Clayton and Luca Del Bel Belluz to tie the game 2-2. The Stars pushed ahead with goals from Matěj Blümel on the power play at 15:07 and Lind at 16:53 sending the Monsters to the final intermission behind 4-2. Cleveland battled back in the third period after Fix-Wolansky scored an unassisted goal at 7:18 on the man advantage followed by a marker from Hunter McKown at 10:37 assisted by Pinelli and Dumais to force overtime. Both teams were held scoreless in the extra time pushing the game to a shootout where Texas scored twice to capture the 5-4 win.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 41 saves in defeat while Texas’ Magnus Hellberg stopped 29 shots for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
TEX |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
1/2 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
TEX |
46 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
SOG-S |
Record |
|
CLE |
Sawchenko |
OT |
41 |
4 |
2-3 |
10-8-5 |
|
TEX |
Hellberg |
W |
29 |
4 |
0-2 |
23-11-1 |
Cleveland Record: 31-21-5-6, 4th North Division
Texas Record: 39-20-3-0, 1st Central Division
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