{"id":587016,"date":"2026-04-05T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587016\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:19:08","slug":"penguins-beat-phantoms-nailers-win-streak-reaches-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587016\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins beat Phantoms, Nailers\u2019 win streak reaches 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hat trick and an assist by forward Aaron Huglen led the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins to <a href=\"https:\/\/theahl.com\/stats\/game-center\/1028828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a 6-2 win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms<\/a> at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Linemate Rutger McGroarty had a goal and two assists for Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton (43-16-6-2), which has won six consecutive games, while forward Ville Koivunen contributed two assists.<\/p>\n<p>Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 22 saves on 24 shots, boosting his record to 14-5-4.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the team\u2019s radio broadcast, Penguins forward Avery Hayes was a healthy scratch as a precaution in the event of a potential recall to the Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins\u2019 next game is a road contest against the Bridgeport Islanders on Thursday, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of goals by forward Ryan McAllister helped the Wheeling Nailers claim their 10th consecutive win, <a href=\"https:\/\/echl.com\/games\/2026\/04\/04\/toledo-walleye-vs-wheeling-nailers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a 4-2 victory against the Toledo Walleye<\/a> at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise record of 13 consecutive wins was established last season.<\/p>\n<p>Forward Brayden Edwards recorded two assists for Wheeling (44-16-3-3) while defensemen Emil Pieniniemi and Mike Posma each contributed goals.<\/p>\n<p>Stopping 26 of 28 shots, goaltender Taylor Gauthier improved his mark to 20-7-5.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<p>The Nailers\u2019 next game is a home contest against the Cincinnati Cyclones on Tuesday, 7:10 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hat trick and an assist by forward Aaron Huglen led the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins to a 6-2 win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-587016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}