AHL Preseason 2022: W-B/Scranton - 3 at Hershey - 2 (SO) 10/9/22

HERSHEY, Pa. - The Hershey Bears fired 40 shots toward Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Filip Lindberg Sunday afternoon, but the Pens goalie stood tall in a dominant 38-save performance before upping the ante in the shootout - turning away five of the Bears' six shooters - to allow the Penguins to snag a "gutsy" 3-2 win.

"I mean, Lindberg was phenomenal for us in those first two periods, and then in overtime - just some sensational saves. I can't say enough about what he did," head coach JD Forrest told InsideAHLHockey.com after the game.

Chris Ortiz joined an odd man rush and finished off a nice play from Ty Glover to give the Penguins an early 1-0 lead 1:20 into the contest, and from there Lindberg really stole the show - stopping 15 shots in the opening period and keeping his team ahead despite being largely out-shot and out-chanced by a much more experienced lineup from Hershey in what was their final preseason game.

Lindberg faced another 15 shots in the middle frame, stopping all but a Shane Gersich one-timer from the bottom of the right-wing circle off a smart pass from the high slot by Sam Anas, keeping the Pens in a 1-1 game late into the frame before Brooklyn Kalmikov scored in his Penguins' preseason debut to give WBS a 2-1 lead heading to the third period.

Hershey's Henrik Rybinski made a nice move 1-on-1 entering the offensive zone and took it to the net before getting rewarded to tie the game at 2-2 on a really nice shorthanded tally by the incoming rookie forward.

The Bears dominated the 3-on-3 OT much like they controlled large portions of regulation. They out-shot the Penguins 6-0 in the extra session, but Lindberg stood on his head to get the game to the shootout.

It took six rounds, but a far-post and in shot from Sam Houde in the sixth round ended up being the deciding shootout winner after Lindberg came up with one more stop on Mike Vecchione to close out the Penguins' win.

The Bears finish the preseason 0-3, while the Penguins (3-0) have one final preseason contest Wednesday night on the road in Lehigh Valley.

### Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Lineup Notes

Filip Lindberg got the start in net for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Sunday in Hershey, with Ryan Bednard beginning the game as Lindberg's backup.

The Penguins only dressed five defensemen for Sunday's game due to several players coming down with an illness. They also lost forward Matthew Quercia to what appeared to be a significant shoulder injury midway through the second period after falling in a fight with Dylan McIlrath - causing them to play with just 16 skaters (11 forwards, five defensemen) for the second half of the contest.

Penguins Scratches: Taylor Gauthier, Tommy Nappier, Dustin Tokarski, Jack St. Ivany, Taylor Fedun, Mitch Reinke, David Drake, Drew O'Connor, Jordan Frasca, Colin Swoyer, Drake Caggiula, Alex Nylander, Lukas Svejkovsky, Corey Andonovski, Jamie Devane, Tyler Sikura, Kyle Olson, Jonathan Gruden, Valtteri Puustinen, Filip Hallander, Jon Lizotte and Xavier Ouellet.

Lines/Pairings

Raivis Ansons - Sam Poulin - Sam Houde Brooklyn Kalmikov - Max Johnson - Nathan Legare Ty Glover - Matthew Quercia - Sean Josling Cedric Desruisseaux - Justin Addamo - Chad Yetman

Chris Ortiz - Josh Maniscalco Adam Smith - Louis Roehl Clay Hanus

Filip Lindberg - Ryan Bednard

Hershey Bears Lineup Notes

Zach Fucale got the start in net Sunday for Hershey. Hunter Shepard served as Fucale's backup.

Bears Scratches: Jake Massie, Martin Has, Vincent Iorio, Mason Morelli, Jonny Evans, Bear Hughes and Matthew Strome

Lines/Pairings

Mike Vecchione - Mike Sgarbossa - Garrett Pilon Shane Gersich - Hendrix Lapierre - Sam Anas Beck Malenstyn - Riley Sutter - Ethen Frank Kale Kessy - Henrik Rybinski - Julian Napravnik

Bobby Nardella - Dylan McIlrath Aaron Ness - Logan Day Gabriel Carlsson - Benton Maass

Zach Fucale - Hunter Shepard

GAME SUMMARY

1st Period

1:20: WBS - Ortiz (1) - Glover, Legare 1:42: WBS - (PP) Quercia, minor (interference) 5:19: WBS - (PP) Legare, minor (hooking)

2nd Period

1:51: HER - Gersich (1) - Anas, Nardella 4:46: HER - (PP) Carlsson, minor (interference) 9:25: HER - (PP) McIlrath, minor (roughing) 9:25: HER - McIlrath, major (fighting) 9:25: WBS - Quercia, major (fighting) 13:33: HER - (PP) Sutter, minor (tripping) 16:57: WBS - Kalmikov (1) - Ansons, Josling

3rd Period

3:05: HER - (PP) Nardella, minor (hooking) 5:16: WBS - (PP) Addamo, minor (tripping) 9:33: HER - (PP) Nardella, minor (high-sticking) 10:07: HER - SHG Rybinski (1) - Gersich, Day 16:22: WBS - (PP) Hanus, minor (high-sticking)

Overtime

No Scoring/Penalties

Shootout

WBS

Poulin - GOAL Legare - no goal Glover - no goal Kalmikov - no goal Ansons - no goal Houde - GOAL

HER

Anas - no goal Sgarbossa - no goal Rybinski - GOAL Lapierre - no goal Pilon - no goal Vecchione - no goal

BOXSCORE

W-B/Scranton  1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 = 3 Hershey 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 = 2

Shots

W-B/Scranton  6 - 6 - 6 - 0 = 19 Hershey 15 - 15 - 4 - 6  = 40

Goalies

WBS: Filip Lindberg (38 saves - 40 shots) HER: Zach Fucale (16 saves - 18 shots)

Power Play

WBS: 0-for-5 HER: 0-for-4

Penalty Kill

WBS: 4-for-4 HER: 4-for-5