Allentown, PA – Come on Matej Blumel scored a goal and two assists Patrick Brown scored twice to help the Providence Bruins beat the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 6-4 Wednesday night at the PPL Center. Georgii Merkulov scored a goal and an assist Riley Tufted scored two assists. Johannes Farinacci And Joey Abate also found the back of the net in the win.
How it happened
Merkulov sent a pass to Blumel in the slot, where he fired a wrist shot over his body and into the left post for a power-play goal to give the P-Bruins a 1-0 lead with 13:02 left in the first period. Christian Wolanin got a second helping.
Matthew Poitras raced for the puck at the left post and dropped a pass to Merkulov in the low slot, where he fired a shot off the back bar to extend the Providence lead to 2-0 with 6:48 to play in the first frame. Victor Soderstrom was credited with a secondary assist.
Blumel left the puck for Tufte in the slot, who one-touched a pass to Brown above the crease, where he aimed the puck over the goal line to give the P-Bruins a 3-0 lead with 10:35 left in the second period.
Oliver Bonk converted a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle for a power-play goal to cut the Providence lead to 3-1 with 6:20 left in the second period.
Blumel’s cross-ice pass was deflected in the air before Tufte punched it to Brown, who knocked it out of the air and over the goal line to extend the P-Bruins’ lead to 4-1 with 3:48 to play in the second frame.
Just 1:03 into the third period, Cooper Marody collected a rebound off the right post and fired it into the back of the net to cut the Providence lead to 4-2.
Alexis Gendron’s slapshot from the left circle sneaked into the near post and cut the P-Bruins lead to 4-3 with 17:28 left in the third period.
Fabian Lysel fired a wrist shot from the point that Farinacci sent into the low slot through the goaltender’s legs, giving Providence a 5-3 lead with 15:18 left in the third period. Michael Callahan was credited with a secondary assist.
Frederick Brunet slid a pass to Abate in the slot, where he hammered a one-timer past the goaltender’s glove to give the P-Bruins a 6-3 lead with 13:42 to play in the third frame. Jacob Perréault got a second helping.
Jacob Gaucher scored on a 2-on-1 shorthand to make it 6-4 with 14 seconds left.
Brown’s multi-goal game was his second of the season.
Blumel’s multi-point game was his ninth of the season.
Goalkeeper Lucas Cavalli stopped 28 of 32 shots. The P-Bruins totaled 29 shots.
The power play went 1-for-2 and the penalty kill was 3-for-4.
The P-Bruins improve to 39-10-1-0.
The Providence Bruins host the Bridgeport Islanders on Saturday, February 28 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:05 p.m
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