AHL Playoff Preview: Charlotte Checkers at Providence Bruins with Line Combinations 5/4/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Charlotte Checkers at Providence Bruins with Line Combinations 5/4/2025
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Game 2: Charlotte Checkers at Providence Bruins

Venue Amica Mutual Pavilion
Date: Sunday, May 4
Time: 7:05 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers took game one 5-1 on Friday night. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 27 of the 28 Bruins’ shots that he faced.

Providence Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins dropped the first game of the series on Friday night. They are now averaging two goals per game while allowing four goals per game in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Michael DiPietro is posting a 1.77 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. He stopped 24 of the 28 shots he faced in Friday’s loss.

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

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

Bjornfot-Kierstad
Powell Carrick-Benning
Alscher-Hovorka

Kahkonen
Appleby

Providence Bruins Projected Lines

Viel-Brown-Pitlick
Locmelis-Poitras-Lettieri
Tufte-Minten-Lysell
Duran-Farinacci-Wahlstrom

Callahan-Ortiz
Brunet-Mitchell
Misyul-Gallagher

DiPietro
Bussi

Players To Watch:

Charlotte Checkers

Michael Benning and C.J. Smith have two assists after game one. Five different players had goals in Friday’s win, Five different Checkers have assists. Matt Kiersted is the team leader in plus/minus as he is a plus four.

Providence Bruins

Riley Tufte leads the Bruins in points with four. He is tied with Matthew Poitras and Oliver Wahlstrom in goals, as all three have scored two goals in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Tufte, Patrick Brown, and Vinni Lettieri all have two assists. Riley Duran leads Providence in plus/minus with a plus-two.

Next Game

Game 3: Wednesday, May 7 at Bojangles Coliseum

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