McGroarty’s OT winner gives Penguins 2-1 series lead | TheAHL.com

Rutger McGroarty scored on a redirection 5:02 into additional time to offer the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 win and a 2-1 series lead over Hershey on Tuesday night time.

The Bears will attempt to maintain their season alive once they host Game 4 on Thursday.

McGroarty obtained his stick on a Sebastian Aho wrister from the left level and deflected it previous Clay Stevenson for his first profession playoff objective.

Avery Hayes pressured OT with 2:53 left in regulation, tying the sport at 3-3 together with his second objective of the postseason. Phil Kemp and Mikhail Ilyin (his first AHL objective) additionally scored for the Penguins, and Tristan Broz registered three assists.

Ivan Miroshnichenko, Bogdan Trineyev and Brett Leason scored for the Bears.

(Wilkes-Barre/Scranton leads series, 2-1)
Game 1 – Thu., Apr. 30 – WB/SCRANTON 4, Hershey 2
Game 2 – Sat., May 2 – Hershey 2, WB/SCRANTON 1
Game 3 – Tue., May 5 – WB/Scranton 4, HERSHEY 3 (OT)
Game 4 – Thu., May 7 – WB/Scranton at Hershey, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., May 9 – Hershey at WB/Scranton, 6:05
*if mandatory… All occasions Eastern