AHL Playoff Preview: Cleveland Monsters at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/6/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Cleveland Monsters at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/6/2025
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Game 4: Cleveland Monsters at Laval Rocket

Venue: Rocket Arena
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Time: 3:00 pm EDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Cleveland Monsters News & Notes:

The Monsters picked up a win to extend their season to game four. Now they need to win again on the road to force a winner-take-all game five. They are averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game. Jet Greaves is posting a 2.43 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage. He stopped 36 of the 37 shots he faced on Sunday.

Laval Rocket News & Notes:

The Rocket, with a win tonight, would move on to round two and face the Rochester Americans. They are now averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 1.7 goals per game. Jacob Fowler is posting a 1.00 goals-against average and a .956 save percentage. Cayden Primeau got the start on Sunday, taking the loss as he allowed three goals on 25 shots.

Cleveland Monsters Projected Lines

Pyyhtia-Del Bel Belluz-Fix-Wolansky
Grimaldi-McKown-Dumais
Pinelli-Gambrell-Ahcan
Malatesta-Labate-Pearson

Mateychuk-Svozil
Richard-Clayton
Bjorgvik-Holm-Knazko

Greaves
Sawchenko

Laval Rocket Projected Lines

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

Wotherspoon-Lindstrom
Trudeau-Mailloux
Engstrom-Reinbacher

Fowler
Primeau 

Players To Watch:

Cleveland Monsters

Denton Mateychuk leads the Monsters in points and in goals with five points and three goals. Madison Bowey and Trey Fix-Wolansky each have three assists to lead Cleveland. Dylan Gambrell, Luca Pinelli, and Guillaume Richard lead in plus/minus as they are a plus-three.

Laval Rocket

Laurent Dauphin leads the team in points, assists, and plus/minus with four points, three assists, and a plus-three. Sean Farrell leads the team in goals with two.

Next Game

Game 5: Friday, May 9 at Place Bell (If Necessary) 

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