The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins wrapped up another winning week Saturday night on the road.
Trailing, 1-0, the Penguins scored four unanswered goals to pick up a 4-1 win over the Hershey Bears at the Giant Center. The locals lead the season series with the Bears, 2-1, avenging a four-goal setback last weekend in Hershey.
The win keeps Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (17-5-1) in first place by one point over Providence, while Hershey (11-8-1) drops out of the fourth spot in the Atlantic Division, now trailing Charlotte by one point.
The Pens were down, 1-0, in the first period after Brett Leason scored his second goal of the year.
Valtteri Puustinen knotted it at 1 with an early, second-period goal before the Penguins exploded in the third.
Puustinen’s second goal 58 seconds into the period was the game-winner off assists from Phil Tomasino and Danton Heinen, Gabe Klassen gave his team a two-goal lead and Aidan McDonough’s power-play goal gave WBS a three-goal edge.
Joel Blomqvist got the start in goal, and stopped 27 of 28 shots.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton has three games next week, starting Wednesday in Hartford. The team then returns to the Mohegan Arena for the weekend, hosting Providence on Saturday and Charlotte on Sunday.