AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Syracuse Crunch with Line Combinations 5/1/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Rochester Americans at Syracuse Crunch with Line Combinations 5/1/2025
Kaitlynn Delmaine – Inside The Rink

Game 3: Rochester Americans at Syracuse Crunch

Venue Upstate Medical University Arena
Date: Thursday, May 1
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports 

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Rochester Americans News & Notes:

The Americans can put the Crunch away tonight and move on to the North Division Finals. The Americans are averaging 3.5 goals per game in this series. Devon Levi is posting a 1.00 goals-against average and a .968 save percentage with a shutout. He stopped all 35 shots he faced in Sunday’s win

Syracuse Crunch News & Notes:

The Crunch looks to keep their season alive on home ice. They are averaging one goal per game in this series. Brandon Halverson is posting a 3.09 goals-against average and a .882 save percentage. He stopped 18 of the 21 shots he faced in Sunday’s loss.

Rochester Americans Projected Lines

Fiddler-Schultz-Kulich-Rousek
Murray-Ostlund-Rosen
Jobst-Kozak-Helenius
Slaggert-Dunne-Warren

Clague-Komarov
Novikov-Metsa
Johnson-Rathbone

Levi
Sandstrom

Syracuse Crunch Projected Lines

Allard-Dumont-Teasdale
Duke-Brown-Angello
Fortier-Finley-Sheary
Walcott-Szturc-Korczak

Pouliot-Crozier
Groshev-Santini
Bisson-Schmidt

Halverson
Tomkins

Players To Watch:

Rochester Americans

Kale Clague leads the Americans in points, goals, and assists. He has four points, two goals, and two assists. Clague, Konsta Helenius, Jiri Kulich, Nikita Novikov, and Lukas Rousek are all plus twos.

Syracuse Crunch

Five Crunch played each have a point. Dylan Duke and Conor Sheary are the only two Syracuse players with goals in this series. Logan Brown, Gabriel Fortier, and Steven Santini all have an assist. Four players are tied with a plus-one.

Next Game

Game 4: Saturday, May 3 at Upstate Medical University Arena (If Necessary)

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