AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/25/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Laval Rocket with Line Combinations 5/25/2025
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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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