AHL Playoff Preview: Charlotte Checkers at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/29/2025

Game 2: Charlotte Checkers at Laval Rocket

Venue Place Bell
Date: Thursday, May 29
Time: 7:00 pm EDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers took game one of the best-of-seven series 5-1 last night. They improved to an impressive 7-1-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 16 1.8 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen is posting a 1.77 goals-against average, a .926 save percentage, and a shutout. He stopped 30 of the 31 shots he faced in game one.

Laval Rocket News & Notes:

The Rocket dropped game one last night at home to start the Eastern Conference Finals. They are 6-4-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game. Cayden Primeau is posting a 2.42 goals-against average a .905 save percentage, and a shutout. He stopped 15 of the 19 shots he faced in last night’s loss. Jacob Fowler is posting a 2.46 goals-against average, a .903 save percentage, and a shutout.

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

Skoog-Asplund-Leonard
Smith-Criscuolo-Sourdif
Steeves-Okuliar-Vilmanis
Lockwood-Chorske-Puljujarvi

Bjornfot-Hovorka
Carrick-Benning
Kiersted-Alscher

Kahkonen
Appleby

Laval Rocket Projected Lines

Gignac-Dauphin-Barre-Boulet
Farrell-Kapanen-Roy
Harvey-Pinard-Condotta-Simoneau
Davidson-Xhekaj-Beck

Engstrom-Lindstrom
Hofenmayer-Mailloux
Hayes-Reinbacher

Primeau 
Fowler

Players To Watch:

Charlotte Checkers

John Leonard leads the team in points with seven. Leonard and Rasmus Asplund lead in goals with four. Jesse Puljujarvi and Kyle Criscuolo lead in assists with four. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-ten.

Laval Rocket

Alex Barre-Boulet leads the team in points with ten. Laurent Dauphin leads in goals with five. Barre-Boulet leads in assists with seven. Adam Engstrom and Rafael Harvey-Pinard lead in plus/minus with a plus-five. 

Next Game

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