ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms used a three-goal outburst during a five-minute span in the first period to set up a 5-0 victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at PPL Center on Wednesday night.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-6-1-1) threw 39 shots at Lehigh Valley goalie Dustin Tokarski, who turned all of them all aside for his first shutout of the season.
The Phantoms struck twice in a 53-second stretch to take a sudden 2-0 lead. First, Mikhail Vorobyev thrust a centering feed into the back of the Penguins’ net, then Corban Knight pounced on a turnover and buried it at 13:10 of the opening frame.
Knight contributed to Lehigh Valley’s next goal as well, setting up Oskar Lindblom on a two-on-one rush with under three minutes left in the first period.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton had a power play early in the second period and hoped to cut into the deficit, but instead saw Tyrell Goulbourne rush down the ice shorthanded and make it 4-0. Penguins netminder Anthony Peters left the game following the Goulbourne goal having made 15 stops on 19 shots faced, and he was replaced by Sean Maguire.
Matt Read put a bow on the Phantoms’ victory by scoring his team’s fifth goal of the night at 13:36 of the third period. Read’s bid was the only shot of 16 that solved Maguire once he stepped in for Peters.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s penalty kill finished the night a perfect five-for-five, while its man advantage unit was unable to convert on five opportunities of its own.
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