Wilkes-Barre/Scranton overcame a three-goal deficit and scored six unanswered to beat the Bridgeport Islanders 6-3 on Saturday.
After allowing three goals in the first 10 minutes of the game, Ryan Graves sparked the comeback with the lone goal of the second period, his first goal of the year. Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored his second goal of the year early in the third, then Sam Poulin, Ville Koivunen and Danton Heinen each scored their first. Atley Calvert's shorthanded goal capped off the rally, and was his third goal of the year.
• Sergei Murashov improved to 3-0 with 29 saves on 32 shots.
• Owen Pickering, Valtteri Puustinen and Heinen each had two assists.
• Sebastian Aho made his season debut and had one assist and three shots on goal. He had been the veteran scratch on defense for the first three games.
• There were three fights -- Phil Kemp and Andrej Sustr in the first period, Chase Pietila and Travis Mitchell in the second, and Alexander Alexeyev and Hunter Drew in the third.
• Boko Imama and Joona Koppanen were the veteran healthy scratches.
• Aho, Kemp and Avery Hayes were alternate captains.
• Next up: Back home against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday.
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AHL: WBS scores six in rally
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton overcame a three-goal deficit and scored six unanswered to beat the Bridgeport Islanders 6-3 on Saturday.
After allowing three goals in the first 10 minutes of the game, Ryan Graves sparked the comeback with the lone goal of the second period, his first goal of the year. Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored his second goal of the year early in the third, then Sam Poulin, Ville Koivunen and Danton Heinen each scored their first. Atley Calvert's shorthanded goal capped off the rally, and was his third goal of the year.
• Sergei Murashov improved to 3-0 with 29 saves on 32 shots.
• Owen Pickering, Valtteri Puustinen and Heinen each had two assists.
• Sebastian Aho made his season debut and had one assist and three shots on goal. He had been the veteran scratch on defense for the first three games.
• There were three fights -- Phil Kemp and Andrej Sustr in the first period, Chase Pietila and Travis Mitchell in the second, and Alexander Alexeyev and Hunter Drew in the third.
• Boko Imama and Joona Koppanen were the veteran healthy scratches.
• Aho, Kemp and Avery Hayes were alternate captains.
• Next up: Back home against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday.
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