AHL Game 35 Preview: WB/S Pens @ Albany River Rats

Eric Politowski | WBS "Baby" Penguins

Jan 2, 07:16 PM | Hype this story!
Series – 2 GP
W L OTL Pts.
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Series – 2 GP
Pts. W L OTL
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7:00 at Times Union Center
TV: AHL Live on Neulion Network
Probable Goalies: Curry (WBS), Manzato (Alb)
 

Inside The Game
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins face the Albany River Rats for the third time this year, tonight from the Times Union Center.

The Penguins are riding a 5-game winning streak, and haven’t lost to the Rats yet this season.

Defenseman T.J. Kemp will return to the line-up after playing for Team Canada in the Spangler Cup.

The Rats are currently tied with the Springfield Falcons with 29 points, making them the worst two teams in the AHL.

If you look at the team leaders, the Rats leader in plus/minus is Pat Dwyer. He’s a +2.
 
Standings
  GP W L OT Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 34 21 11 2 44 3, East 3, Eastern 6, AHL
Rats 34 12 17 5 29 7, East 14, Eastern 29, AHL
                 
Team Statistics
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 124 97 16.6 86.2 10-4-1 10-7-1 8-2-0 5 wins
Rats 83 105 18.5 82.4 9-5-1 10-8-0 4-6-0 1 win
                 
Team Leaders
  Stat Penguins   Stat Rats
Goals 26 Minard Goals 10 Ryan
Assists 24 Taffe Assists 14 Rodney
Points 40 Minard, Taffe Points 20 Ryan, Petruzalek
+/- +23 Lovejoy +/- +2 Dwyer
PIMs 82 Bissonnette PIMs 125 Gillies
Wins 12 Berkhoel Wins 7 Manzato
GAA 2.37 Berkhoel GAA 2.70 Peters
 
Injuries
Penguins Injury / Note Status
Gove
Richmond
 Back Spasms
Illness
 Doubtful
Questionable
Rats Injury Status
N/A - -
 
Note: Info up-to-date as of 6:00 pm, Friday, January 2, 2009.

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