AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/23/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/23/2025
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Game 4: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket

Venue Place Bell
Date: Friday, May 23
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Rochester Americans News & Notes:

The Americans look to keep their season alive and force a winner-take-all game five on Sunday. They dropped to 4-2-0, averaging 3.5 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Devon Levi stopped 16 of the 20 shots he faced in Wednesday’s loss. He is posting a 2.35 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage with two shutouts.

Laval Rocket News & Notes:

The Rocket look to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals tonight. They improved to 5-2-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Cayden Primeau got the start on Wednesday stopping 32 of the 33 shots he faced. He is posting a 2.77 goals-against average and an .904 save percentage. Jacob Fowler is posting a 1.75 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.

Rochester Americans Projected Lines

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

Clague-Komarov
Novikov-Metsa
Johnson-Rathbone

Levi
Sandstrom

Laval Rocket Projected Lines

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

Engstrom-Reinbacher
Wotherspoon-Lindstrom
Trudeau-Mailloux

Primeau 
Fowler

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 six assists and is a plus-six. 

Laval Rocket

Laurent Dauphin and Alex Barre-Boulet are tied for the team in points with nine. Dauphin leads in goals with five. Boulet leads in assists with seven. Dauphin and William Trudeau, lead in plus/minus as each are plus-five. 

Next Game

Game 5: Sunday, May 25 at Place Bell (If Necessary)

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