AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/21/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/21/2025
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Game 3: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket

Venue Place Bell
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Rochester Americans News & Notes:

The Americans evened the series taking game two 5-3. They improved to 4-1-0, averaging four goals per game while allowing two goals per game. Devon Levi stopped 16 of the 19 shots he faced in Friday’s win. He is posting a 2.01 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage with two shutouts.

Laval Rocket News & Notes:

The Rocket return home with the series tied at a game apiece. They dropped to 4-2-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing 2.5 goals per game. Jacob Fowler got the start in game two stopping 31 of the 35 shots he faced in the loss. He is posting a 1.75 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage. Cayden Primeau is posting a 3.62 goals-against average and an .865 save percentage.

Rochester Americans Projected Lines

Östlund-Kulich-Rosén
Murray-Jobst-Rousek
Wahlberg-Kozak-Helenius
Fiddler-Schultz-Dunne-Warren

Johnson-Rathbone
Novikov-Metsa
Clague-Komarov

Levi
Sandstrom

Laval Rocket Projected Lines

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

Engstrom-Reinbacher
Trudeau-Mailloux
Wotherspoon-Lindstrom

Fowler
Primeau 

Players To Watch:

Rochester Americans

Kale Clague leads the Americans in points, and goals, with nine points, and five goals. Jiri Kulich leads the team in assists and plus/minus with five assists and is a plus-seven. 

Laval Rocket

Laurent Dauphin and Alex Barre-Boulet are tied for the team in points with eight. Dauphin leads in goals with four. Boulet leads in assists with six. Dauphin, William Trudeau, and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard lead in plus/minus as each are plus-four. 

Next Game

Game 4: Friday, May 23 at Place Bell

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