Calder Cup Game 5 Preview: Charlotte Checkers at Abbotsford Canucks with Line Combinations 6/21/2025

Game 5: Charlotte Checkers at Abbotsford Canucks

Venue Abbotsford Centre
Date: Saturday, June 21
Time: 6:00 pm PDT
TV: FLO Sports 

Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster

Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers have been cooled off after riding an eight-game winning streak into the finals, and they could have their season come to an end tonight.  They dropped to 11-4-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 20 of the 23 shots he faced in game four. He is posting a 2.11 goals-against average, a .908 save percentage, and a shutout. 

Abbotsford Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks can win their first ever Calder Cup tonight with a win as they lead the series 3-1. They improved to 15-4-3 in the playoffs, averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game. Arturs Silovs stopped 32 of the 34 shots he faced in game four. He is posting a 1.94 goals-against average, a .933 save percentage, and five shutouts. Nikita Tolopilo, in his lone game, allowed two goals on 23 shots.

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

Leonard-Asplund-Devine
Okuliar-Sourdif-Steeves
Skoog-Criscuolo-Entwistle
Lockwood-Chorske-Puljujarvi

Kiersted-Benning
Carrick-Powell
Alscher-Hovorka

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 12 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 23 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 6: Monday, June 23 at Bojangles Coliseum (If Necessary)

ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing – Inside The Rink

Join Conrad and Chris as the discuss Gavin McKenna making the jump to the NCAA, Pittsburgh and San Jose making additions, and the NHL season to begin on October 7, 2025.

1. ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing 32:56
2. ITR 46: Offseason Chaos 24:53
3. ITR 45: Everything Is Happening 37:46
4. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
5. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10