Including games played through Saturday, March 5, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins occupy second place in the AHL Atlantic Division with a record of 34-19-5 (73 points). They’ve scored 177 goals (fifth in the league) and allowed 144 (fourth fewest). The Baby Pens are (13-14-4) under new coach Clark Donatelli.
Dominik Simon and defenseman Will O’Neill are tied for the team scoring lead with 37 points apiece, followed closely by Scott Wilson, Carter Rowney, and Conor Sheary (36 points each). Wilson tops the Baby Pens in goals (22); O’Neill leads in assists (30). Rowney has the best plus/minus (plus-20). Tom Kostopoulos and Steve Oleksy are the most penalized (82 PIM each).
Matt Murray paces the regular goalies in wins (20), save percentage (.931), and goals against average (2.10). Murray and rookie Tristan Jarry each have four shutouts.
| SCORING | ||||||||||||||
| Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | ||||||
| Dominik Simon | 21 | C | 52 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 30 | 5 | ||||||
| Will O’Neill | 27 | D | 56 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 64 | 4 | ||||||
| Scott Wilson | 23 | LW | 34 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 19 | 4 | ||||||
| Carter Rowney | 26 | RW | 57 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 23 | 20 | ||||||
| Conor Sheary | 23 | LW | 30 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Kael Mouillierat | 27 | C | 51 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 75 | -7 | ||||||
| Tom Kostopoulos | 36 | RW | 57 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 82 | -3 | ||||||
| Jean-Sebastien Dea | 21 | C | 57 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 22 | 11 | ||||||
| Derrick Pouliot | 21 | D | 37 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 15 | ||||||
| Oskar Sundqvist | 21 | C | 42 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | -1 | ||||||
| Tom Kuhnhackl | 23 | RW | 23 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 10 | ||||||
| Josh Archibald | 22 | RW | 51 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 7 | ||||||
| Sahir Gill | 23 | C | 21 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Dominik Uher | 22 | C | 43 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 2 | ||||||
| Tim Erixon | 24 | D | 47 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 7 | ||||||
| Steve Oleksy | 29 | D | 47 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 82 | 13 | ||||||
| Niclas Andersen | 27 | D | 55 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 9 | ||||||
| Kevin Porter | 29 | C | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| Tom Sestito | 27 | LW | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 55 | -5 | ||||||
| Reid McNeill | 23 | D | 54 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 9 | ||||||
| Bryan Rust | 23 | RW | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | -5 | ||||||
| Clark Seymour | 22 | D | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -1 | ||||||
| David Warsofsky | 25 | D | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Ty Loney | 23 | LW | 28 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | -4 | ||||||
| Anton Zlobin | 22 | LW | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -1 | ||||||
| Matia Marcantuoni | 21 | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Derek Army | 24 | F | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Dustin Jeffrey | 27 | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Adam Clendening | 22 | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Tyler Biggs | 22 | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| Matt Murray | 21 | G | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Matthias Plachta | 24 | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Tristan Jarry | 20 | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jarrett Burton | 24 | F | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith | 24 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Goers | 29 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| John McCarron | 23 | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -3 | ||||||
| Patrick McGrath | 22 | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| Ryan Parent | 28 | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | ||||||
| Harrison Ruopp | 22 | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | ||||||
| Brian Foster | 28 | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| GOALTENDING | ||||||||||||||
| Player | Age | Pos | GP | MIN | GA | SH | AVE | WLOT | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith | 23 | G | 2 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | 1-0-0 | ||||||
| Matt Murray | 21 | G | 31 | 1827 | 64 | 4 | 2.10 | 20-9-1 | ||||||
| Tristan Jarry | 20 | G | 22 | 1302 | 52 | 4 | 2.40 | 12-7-3 | ||||||
| Brian Foster | 28 | G | 5 | 283 | 14 | 1 | 2.97 | 1-3-1 | ||||||
Hey Rick,
Got to give Kudos to the staff in WBS to stay near the top despite all of the call-ups.
Also, I saw that Tyler Biggs was recently optioned down to Wheeling. I am a little disappointed in seeing that. I had hoped that he could be an option for the big Pens, sooner rather later. I don’t always get a chance to keep up with WBS or Wheeling. Have you heard anything about Biggs development?
Also, just saw Sestito got called up. I do like getting someone like him up on the Big team, but I am not sure how that plays out with team chemistry. I guess we may know in about 5hrs.