Game 5: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket
Venue Place Bell
Date: Sunday, May 25
Time: 4:30 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports
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Rochester Americans News & Notes:
The Americans forced a winner-take-all game five tonight. They improved to 5-2-0, averaging 3.7 goals per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game. Devon Levi stopped 22 of the 22 shots he faced in Wednesday’s loss. He is posting a 2.33 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage with two shutouts.
Laval Rocket News & Notes:
The Rocket lost their chance to advance on Friday night but have a chance to rebound and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals tonight. They dropped to 5-3-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game. Jacob Fowler got the start on Friday stopping ten of the 14 shots he faced. He is posting a 2.23 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage. Cayden Primeau also played Friday in relief stopping six of the seven shots he faced. He is posting a 2.73 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage.
Rochester Americans Projected Lines
Rousek-Kulich-Rosén
Wahlberg-Östlund-Helenius
Murray-Jobst-Warren
Fiddler-Schultz-Dunne-Kozak
Johnson-Rathbone
Novikov-Metsa
Clague-Komarov
Levi
Sandstrom
Laval Rocket Projected Lines
Farrell-Dauphin-Barre-Boulet
Gignac-Kapanen-Roy
Harvey-Pinard-Condotta-Tuch
Davidson-Xhekaj-Beck
Engstrom-Reinbacher
Hofenmayer-Lindstrom
Trudeau-Mailloux
Primeau
Fowler
Players To Watch:
Rochester Americans
Kale Clague leads the Americans in points, and goals, with 11 points, and five goals. Clague, Jiri Kulich, Lukas Rousek lead the team in assists with six. Kulich leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-seven.
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, Adam Engstrom, and Rafael Harvey-Pinard, lead in plus/minus as each are plus-four.
Next Game
Winner to Eastern Conference Finals. Date is TBD
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