Game 11 Preview: W-B/Scranton at Lehigh Valley

Editor's Note: I'll have full coverage of tonight's Phantoms game against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins live from the PPL Center in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania.

• The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. ET, but make sure you're following along on Twitter -> @TonyAndrock for live in-game updates.
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ALLENTOWN - The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (7-2-1) kick off a three-game weekend at home against their bitter rivals, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (6-2-0), with first place in the Atlantic Division on the line.

BY THE NUMBERS

LV: 10 games played, 7-2-1-0 = 15 points Tied-1st Place Atlantic Division Streak: 0-1-0-0 Last Ten Games: 7-2-1-0

WBS: 8 game played, 6-2-0-0 = 12 points Tied-1st Place Atlantic Division Streak: 5-0-0-0 Last Ten Games: 6-2-0-0

Special Teams

Power Play

LV: 6-for-51 = 11.8% (26th) WBS: 9-for-43 = 20.9% (7th)

Penalty Kill

LV: 34-for-45 = 75.6% (30th) WBS: 38-for-44 = 86.4% (T-6th)

LEADING SCORERS

LV: Danick Martel (10GP, 10G-3A), Mike Vecchione (10GP, 2G-8A), Phil Varone (10GP, 2G-6A) and Greg Carey (10GP, 4G-3A)

WBS: Daniel Sprong (8GP, 7G-3A), Dominik Simon (8GP, 2G-7A), Christian Thomas (8GP, 2G-4A) and Kevin Czuczman (8GP, 0G-6A)

EXPECTED STARTING GOALTENDERS

LV: Dustin Tokarski (2-0-0, 2.08 GAA, .929 SV%, 0 SO) WBS: Casey DeSmith (3-0-0, 0.98 GAA, .965 SV%, 1 SO)

SEASON SERIES

Tonight marks the third of 12 meetings between the Phantoms and Penguins this season. The season series is even at one game apiece. Last time out, the Phantoms exacted revenge in a 3-2 win after the Penguins opened the season series with a 5-0 win over Lehigh Valley. Lehigh Valley came up short in the season series last year, going 5-6-1 against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2016-17.

Season Series Schedule

Friday, October 13th: Lehigh Valley - 0 at W-B/Scranton - 5Saturday, October 14th: W-B/Scranton - 2 at Lehigh Valley - 3Friday, November 3rd: W-B/Scranton at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET Wednesday, November 22nd: Lehigh Valley at W-B/Scranton - 7:05 p.m. ET Wednesday, December 6th: W-B/Scranton at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, December 23rd: Lehigh Valley at W-B/Scranton - 5:05 p.m. ET Wednesday, December 27th: Lehigh Valley at W-B/Scranton - 7:05 p.m. ET Wednesday, January 17th: Lehigh Valley at W-B/Scranton - 7:05 p.m. ET Friday, January 26th: W-B/Scranton at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, February 3rd: Lehigh Valley at W-B/Scranton - 7:05 p.m. ET Sunday, February 18th: - W-B/Scranton at Lehigh Valley - 5:05 p.m. ET Saturday, April 14: W-B/Scranton at Lehigh Valley - 7:05 p.m. ET

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS

Roster Notes

Alex Lyon is expected back in net for Lehigh Valley Friday night. Dustin Tokarski will serve as his backup.

T.J. Brennan is expected to return to the lineup tonight, having not played since the incident with Tom Sestito the last time these two teams played on October 14th.

Even with Brennan's return, the defense is thin for Lehigh Valley with Mark Alt and Will O'Neill called up to Philadelphia and Sam Morin injured.

Lines:

Greg Carey - Phil Varone - Cole Bardreau Tyrell Goulbourne - Corban Knight (A) - Chris Conner Oskar Lindblom - Mikhail Vorobyev - Colin McDonald (C) Danick Martel - Mike Vecchione - Nicolas Aube-Kubel

T.J. Brennan - Max Lamarche Reece Willcox - Mark Friedman James De Haas - Phil Myers

Dustin Tokarski - Alex Lyon

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Dominik Simon - Adam Johnson - Christian Thomas Garrett Wilson - Gage Quinney - Daniel Sprong Zach Aston-Reese - Jean-Sebastien Dea - Ryan Haggerty Tom Sestito - Teddy Blueger - Thomas Di Pauli

Andrey Pedan - Lukas Bengtsson Kevin Czuczman - Spinozzi Chris Summers - Ethan Prow

Casey DeSmith - Colin Stevens