AHL Playoff Preview: Texas Stars at Milwaukee Admirals with Line Combinations 5/21/2025

Game 3: Texas Stars at Milwaukee Admirals

Venue: UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 7:00 pm CDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Texas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars hit the road with the series tied 1-1. It was their first loss in the playoffs as they are now 4-1-0, averaging 4.2 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game. Magnus Hellberg got the start on Sunday, stopping 23 of the 29 shots he faced in the loss. He is posting a 2.85 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage. Remi Poirier is posting a 2.25 goals-against average, a .914 save percentage, and a shutout.

Milwaukee Admirals News & Notes:

The Admirals evened the series up with a 6-4 win on Sunday. They are 4-2-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.4 goals per game while also allowing 3.4 goals per game. Matthew Murray is posting a 3.29 goals-against average and a .870 save percentage. He stopped 16 of the 20 shots he faced in Sunday’s win.

Texas Stars Projected Lines

Blumel-Hryckowian-McKenzie
Hughes-Hyry-Lind
Pettersen-Becker-Wheatcroft
Seminoff-Scott-Romano

Capobianco-Krys
Taylor-Karow
Looft-Bergsland

Hellberg
Poirier

Milwaukee Admirals Projected Lines

Rolston-O’Reilly-Denisenko
Bellows-Kemell-Mutter
Marino-Svechkov-Roast
De Leo-Edstrom-Wiesblatt

Ufko-Gravel
Friedman-Stastney
Del Gaizo-Livingstone

Murray
Chrona

Players To Watch:

Texas Stars

Justin Hryckowian leads the team in points with 11. Hryckowian and Cameron Hughes are tied in assists with seven each. Kole Lind leads in goals with five. Kyle Capobianco leads in plus/minus with a plus-eight.   

Milwaukee Admirals

Keiffer Bellows and Ozzy Wiesblatt lead the team in points with seven. Bellows, Fedor Svechkov, and Jesse Ylonen lead in goals, as they all have three. Wiesblatt leads in assists with five. Spencer Statsney leads in plus/minus with a plus-six.

Next Game

Game 4: Friday, May 23 at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena

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