Calder Cup Game 4 Preview: Charlotte Checkers at Abbotsford Canucks with Line Combinations 6/19/2025

Game 4: Charlotte Checkers at Abbotsford Canucks

Venue Abbotsford Centre
Date: Thursday, June 19
Time: 7:00 pm PDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers, despite scoring first game up five goals in the third in game three, and now trail in the series 2-1. They dropped to 11-3-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.5 goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 23 of the 28 shots he faced in game three. He is posting a 2.04 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage, and a shutout. 

Abbotsford Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks offense exploded for six unanswered goals between the final 34 minutes of game three to take a 2-1 series lead. They improved to 14-4-3 in the playoffs, averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game. Arturs Silovs stopped 28 of the 29 shots he faced in game three. He is posting a 1.94 goals-against average, a .932 save percentage, and five shutouts. Nikita Tolopilo, in his lone game, allowed two goals on 23 shots.

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

Skoog-Asplund-Leonard
Smith-Sourdif-Lockwood
Steeves-Okuliar-Vilmanis
Bezeau-Entwistle-Puljujarvi

Kiersted-Hovorka
Carrick-Cesana
Alscher-Benning

Kahkonen
Appleby

Abbotsford Canucks Projected Lines

Bains-Sasson-Karlsson 
Di Giuseppe-Mueller-Lekkerimaki
Blais-Khaira-Smith 
Nielsen-Wouters-Klimovich 

Brisebois-Mancini
Wolanin-Woo
Hirose-Kudryavtsev

Silovs
Tolopilo

Players To Watch:

Charlotte Checkers

John Leonard leads the team in points and goals with 11 points and seven goals. Jesse Puljujarvi leads in assists with seven. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a +11.

Abbotsford Canucks

Linus Karlsson leads the team in points and goals with 22 points and 11 goals. Arshdeep Bains leads in assists with 14. Kirill Kudryavtsev leads the team in plus/minus with a +16. 

Next Game

Game 5: Saturday, June 21 at Abbotsford Centre

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