WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins suffered their first lack of the season, falling to the Windfall Bruins, 3-1, on Wednesday night time at Mohegan Area at Casey Plaza.
In a battle between two of the American Hockey League’s few unbeaten groups, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7-1-0-0) fell behind within the second interval. Windfall tallied all of its offense through the center body, clinching the Bruins their Thirteenth-straight win at Mohegan Area at Casey Plaza.
The Penguins virtually obtained on the board first with a shorthanded alternative within the first interval, however the snap-shot from Rafaël Harvey-Pinard struck the iron and stayed out of the online.
The competition remained stage till 4:45 into the second body when Brett Harrison discovered twine with a low-driven wrister. Riley Tufte made it 2-0 on a breakaway effort on the 13-minute mark of the second.
Valtteri Puustinen and the Penguins made issues fascinating by pulling again inside one 67 seconds later. Chase Pietila beat three defenders and fed Puustinen with a drop cross, who then beat Michael DiPietro previous his glove aspect.
Nonetheless, Windfall regained it two-goal lead when Georgii Merkulov knocked in a backdoor cross from Matěj Blümel with 2:29 left within the second interval.
Within the ultimate body, the Penguins stored the vast majority of play within the attacking zone, pushing for something to get them again in it. The Bruins blocked lots of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s shot makes an attempt, stopping the mounting strain from changing into targets.
By the tip of the competition, DiPietro made 25 saves for Windfall. Penguins netminder Sergei Murashov made 13 saves.
