AHL Playoff Preview: Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with Line Combinations 4/23/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with Line Combinations 4/23/2025
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Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Venue Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 7:05 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Lehigh Valley Phantoms News & Notes:

The Phantoms finished the final month of the regular season going 4-2-1-0; they averaged 3.1 goals per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game. They won three straight to close out the regular season outscoring their opponents 16-7.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins finished April going 3-5-0-0, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing three goals per game. The Penguins finished the regular season with a 3-0 win over the Cleveland Monsters.

Lehigh Valley Phantoms Projected Lines

Bump-Luchanko-Wisdom
Eklind-Rizzo-Grebenkin
Smith-Desnoyers-Ciernik
Avon-Furry-Boulton

McDonald-Samson
Murchison-Ginning
Bernard-Gleason

Petersen
Gahagen

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Projected Lines

Puustinen-Broz-Koivunen
Calvert-Ponomarev-Hayes
Poulin-Koppanen-Laferriere
Gallant-Klassen-Stillman

Breazeale-Clurman
Kral-Brunicke
Renouf-Pietila

Blomqvist
Gautheir

Players To Watch:

Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Olle Lycksell leads the team in points, and assists with 44 points and 25 assists. Jacob Gaucher leads the team in goals with 20. Louie Belpedio is the team leader in plus/minus with a +15.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Ville Koivunen is the team leader is points, and assists with 56 points and 35 assists. Emil Bemstrom leads the team in goals with 23. Owen Pickering leads the Penguins in plus/minus with a +18. 

Next Game

Game 2: Friday, April 25 at PPL Center

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