Series – 1 GP
W L OTL Pts.
0 1 0 0
 
Series – 1 GP
Pts. W L OTL
2 1 0 0

7:05 at Wachovia Arena
TV: AHLLive.com
Probable Goalies: Curry (WBS), LaCosta (Syr)
 

Inside The Game
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins look to extend their winning streak to two games tonight against the Syracuse Crunch.

The Penguins opened the season against the Crunch on home ice, and took the 4-2 victory.

WB/S should pull out a victory tonight with Syracuse’s 0-3 road record.

Mark Letestu returned from injury last night and played a strong game, while tallying 2 assists.

John Curry will get the nod in goal, with yet another strong performance last night, in a 6-3 victory against the B-Sens. He is going for his 60th career win tonight.

The Penguins special teams is really clicking right now which obviously is a good sign so far. They are ranked with the 5th best penalty killing in the AHL, while the Crunch owns the 3rd worst.


Projected Lines…

  • Caputi – W. Smith – Conner
  • Bayda – Letestu – Johnson
  • Pushkarev – Jeffrey – Wallace
  • Sill – Vitale – Boogaard
     
  • Engelland – Guenin
  • Lee – Bortuzzo
  • Strait – D’Aversa
     
  • Curry
  • Thiessen
   
Standings
  GP W L OT Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 4 2 2 0 4 5, East 9, Eastern 18, AHL
Crunch 5 2 3 0 4 5, East 9, Eastern 18, AHL
                 
Team Statistics
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 11 10 25.0 95.0 1-2-0 1-0 2-2-0 1 win
Crunch 16 19 11.1 72.2 2-0 0-3 2-3-0 1 win
                 
Team Leaders
  Stat Penguins   Stat Crunch
Goals 2 Smith, Conner, Caputi Goals 3 Aulin, Picard
Assists 3 Conner Assists 4 Pelletier
Points 5 Conner Points 6 Picard, Pelletier
+/- +3 Smith +/- +6 Reese
PIMs 22 Vitale PIMs 30 Harvey
Wins 2 Curry Wins 1 Lalande, LaCosta
GAA 2.50 Curry GAA 2.52 Lalande
 
Injuries
Penguins Injury / Note Status
Berkhoel, DTD
Tangradi, DTD
Brookbank, DTD
Lovejoy, IR
Letestu, DTD
 Knee
Shoulder
Knee
Shoulder surgery
Knee surgery		 Doubtful
Out 2 weeks
Out 2 weeks
Out indefinitely
Probable
Crunch Injury Status
Holden Undisclosed Doubtful
 
Note: Info up-to-date as of 6:55 pm, Saturday, October 17, 2009.