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Penguins Upended by Wolf Pack, 5-2

March 15, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - The Hartford Wolf Pack jumped out to a four-goal lead and held on to defeat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.

Hartford dominated the first 20 minutes of the hockey, outshooting the Penguins, 12-3, and would also hold the edge on the scoreboard. The Wolf Pack broke the scoreless tie at 11:57, needing only five seconds on their first power play for Oscar Lindberg to tip a Chris Mueller centering feed into the net.

Mike Kostka gave the Wolf Pack an important 2-0 lead just 1:06 before the intermission with a wrist shot from right point that got by a well-screened Jeff Zatkoff.

Conor Allen pushed the margin to three with a power play tally midway through the second frame before Chris Bourque backhanded home his own rebound to make the score 4-0 for Hartford with 2:57 remaining in the period.

The Penguins struck for their first goal just 17 seconds later when Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond's backhand shot went wide, but Josh Archibald was left alone on the doorstep to tap in his fifth goal of the season.

With Wilkes-Barre/Scranton skating 5-on-4, Jayson Megna pulled his team within two at 5:30 of the third, firing a low wrist shot past the blocker of Hartford netminder Jeff Malcolm.

Bourque sealed the win when he found the empty net with 1:16 left to play for his second goal of the contest.

The Wolf Pack outshot the Penguins, 40-13, in the match. Zatkoff's record fell to 14-12-4 on the season as he stopped 35-of-39 shots. Hartford's Malcolm made 11 saves on 13 shots to raise his record to 6-3-0.

The Penguins are back in action on Friday, Mar. 20 when they visit the Syracuse Crunch for a 7:00 p.m. faceoff. Listen in on WILK Newsradio or watch online at AHL Live

Individual tickets for all Penguins home games are available at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office, online at TicketMaster.com, or by calling 800-745-3000.

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