AHL Playoff Preview: Providence Bruins at Charlotte Checkers with Line Combinations 5/9/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Providence Bruins at Charlotte Checkers with Line Combinations 5/9/2025
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Game 4: Providence Bruins at Charlotte Checkers

Venue Bojangles Coliseum
Date: Friday, May 9
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Providence Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins are looking to force a game five. 1.8 goals per game while allowing two goals per game. Michael DiPietro is posting a 1.86 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage. He stopped 38 of the 40 shots he faced on Wednesday.

Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers can advance to the next round tonight with a win. They are averaging three goals per game while allowing one goal per game. Kaapo Kahkonen is posting a 1.35 goals-against average and a .949 save percentage. He stopped 16 of the 19 shots he faced on Wednesday.

Providence Bruins Projected Lines

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

Callahan-Ortiz
Brunet-Gallagher
Millman-Mitchell

DiPietro
Bussi

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

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

Bjornfot-Kierstad
Carrick-Benning
Alscher-Hovorka

Kahkonen
Appleby

Players To Watch:

Providence Bruins

Riley Tufte leads the Bruins in points and goals with six points and four goals. Vinni Lettieri leads the team in assists with three. Oliver Wahlstrom is the team leader in plus/minus with a plus-two.

Charlotte Checkers

C.J. Smith leads the Checkers in points as he has three points. Smith and Trevor Carrick are tied for the team lead in assists with two. Ben Steeves leads the team in goals with two. Will Lockwood is the team leader in plus/minus, as he is a plus four.

Next Game

Game 5: Sunday, May 11 at Bojangles Coliseum (If Necessary)

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