Coming off a regulation loss on Friday night in the Lehigh Valley to snap their four-game winning streak, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins turned right around and hosted the Rochester Americans on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.
After another fast start, the Penguins held on for the win this time, 5-0.
What it means
The win improves the Penguins to 8-3-0-0 overall and 5-1-0-0 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Rocehster drops to 7-4-0-0 overall and 5-2-0-0 overall. The Penguins compete in the Atlantic Division while the Amerks are in the highly competitive North Division.
How it started
Just like Friday night when they got off to a fast start, the Penguins led, 2-0, at the end of the first period.
Corey Andonovski got the Penguins on the board at 6:33 of the first period when he scored his first goal of the season. Joona Koppanen earned his third assist on the goal while Mac Hollowell was credited with his eighth.
The first period proved a night of firsts for a pair of Penguins as Matt Nieto gave Wilkes-Barre/Scranton a 2-0 lead at 18:44 with his first goal of the season. Jonathan Gruden received his first assist of the season while Boris Katchouk got his second.
One for two
The Penguins took a 3-0 lead at 11:19 of the second period when Tristan Broz scored his fifth goal of the season. The assists went to Filip Kral, his third, and Emil Bemstrom, his eighth.
Two for three
With a three-goal lead heading to the third period, the Penguins kept the pressure on by scoring two goals, one of them on the power play, to ice the win.
Rutger McGroarty scored his first of the season at 4:23 with the assists going to Puoulin, his fifth, and Bemstrom, his ninth. That goal came on the power play.
Broz added more than enough of insurance with his second…