Monsters stumble in 8-1 loss to Penguins
Dec 9, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 8-1 on Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. With the loss, the Monsters are now 10-7-1-2 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Penguins opened the scoring late in the first period from Nathan Légaré at 19:55 leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Wilkes-Barre’s Drew O’Connor notched a tally 50 seconds into the middle frame, but Justin Richards responded with a marker at 1:27 assisted by Tyler Angle and Emil Bemstrom cutting the score to 2-1. The Penguins scored four unanswered goals from O’Connor at 3:41, Corey Andonovski at 5:47, Drake Caggiula at 11:36 and Alexander Nylander at 17:45 leaving the Monsters trailing 6-1 heading into the final intermission. Wilkes-Barre’s power-play units extended the lead with tallies from Jonathan Gruden at 4:39 of the third period and Valtteri Puustinen at 9:39 bringing the final score to 8-1.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 14 saves in relief of Daniil Tarasov who made 12 stops in defeat while Wilkes-Barre’s Filip Lindberg stopped 36 shots for the win.
The Monsters continue the road trip with a visit to the Hershey Bears on December 10, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Giant Center. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
WBS |
1 |
5 |
2 |
- |
- |
8 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
37 |
0/5 |
3/5 |
12 min / 6 inf |
|
WBS |
34 |
2/5 |
5/5 |
12 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Tarasov |
L |
12 |
5 |
2-1-0 |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
ND |
14 |
3 |
4-3-2 |
|
WBS |
Lindberg |
W |
36 |
1 |
5-3-0 |
Cleveland Record: 10-7-1-2, 3rd North Division
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 12-6-1-2, 5th Atlantic Division
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