Providence Bruins (40-23-5-3, 88 pts) at Bridgeport Islanders (15-49-4-3, 37 pts)
Venue Amica Mutual Pavilion
Date: Saturday, April 19
Time: 7:05 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports
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Bridgeport Islanders News & Notes:
The Islanders suffered a 4-1 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack last night. They haven’t won since March 30th when they beat the Toronto Marlies 5-4.
Providence Bruins News & Notes:
The Bruins picked up their third straight win on Wednesday with a 3-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. They are 4-1-1-0 in April, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.7 goals per game. They got goals from Dans Locmelis, Patrick Brown, and Riley Tufte on Wednesday. Michael DiPietro stopped 29 of the 31 shots he faced in Wednesday’s win.
Bridgeport Islanders Projected Lines
Liukas-Bardeau-Randl
Foudy-Pinho-Terry
Jefferies-Thiesing-Maggio
Piercey-Thompson-Dufour
Bolduc-Cholowski
Mitchell-George
Warren-Newpower
Tikkanen
Lennox
Providence Bruins Projected Lines
Tufte-Farinacci-Lysell
Viel-Brown-Pitlick
Locmelis-Poitras-Lettieri
Wahlstrom-Minten-Duran
Millman-Brunet
Misyul-Gallagher
Callahan-Ortiz
Bussi
DiPietro
Players To Watch:
Bridgeport Islanders
Chris Terry leads the Islanders in points and assists with 66 points and 47 assists. Brian Pinho leads the team in goals with 25. Julien Gauthier is the team leader in plus/minus with a plus-two.
Providence Bruins
Tyler Pitlick is the current leader in points with Georgii Merkulov out for the regular season. Pitlick has 46 points; he also leads the team in goals with 21, but he’s tied with Riley Tufte, who also has 21. Patrick Brown is the team leader in assists with 29, with Merkulov out. Mason Millman leads the team in plus/minus with a +20.
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